Purchase 1987 from Antiquarian bookstore Wilfried Melchior, Schloss Riet, Vaihingen/Enz, under catalogue number 196 together with further books. "K. Balth. Weiler, ship expert and average adjuster. The expert of the Main Customs Office Duisburg, bound to customs fidelity. Duisburg-Ruhrort, Weinhagenstraße 23, Tel: 43540". On request, the Duisburg City Archives say that only little information is available on Karl Balthasar Weiler. He died on 23.09.1953 here in Duisburg; the corresponding death certificate is in the inventory folder. His last entry in the Duisburg address book dates from 1952; there he is listed with the job title "ship export". Weiler was not in state or municipal services. He worked as an independent expert for transport and goods damage (average adjuster).
