Description and research notes
Complete 1931 bank correspondence set from Deutsche Orientbank A.G., Cairo branch, consisting of an illustrated letterhead invoice and matching registered cover. The bilingual French–Arabic letter describes account charges and settlement instructions for a prominent client, while the registered postal cover—franked with King Fuad stamps and bearing the bank’s printed return address—confirms dispatch from the Cairo branch.
Deutsche Orientbank served as Germany’s primary financial conduit in Egypt and the Near East during the interwar period. The Cairo branch specialised in trade finance and foreign exchange, linking Egyptian commerce with Central Europe. Surviving paired letter-and-cover sets from this institution are rare; most were separated or discarded.
This intact set provides a complete chain-of-custody view of German–Egyptian financial operations in 1931, bridging pre-war Deutsche Orientbank activity with the later Dresdner Bank footprint in Egypt. It is one of the most desirable banking documents from the European commercial presence in Cairo.