WW2 Death Cards 10
WW2 German Death Card (Sterbebild) for Army Obergefreiter Peter Langenfeld, Grenadier Regt.
Was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class, Close Combat Clasp and Russian Front Medal.
Killed in the difficult fighting in the East, 11 June 1944. He was 26.
Single page single sided card measures about 2.25 x 4.25 inches. The reverse has a rendering of a grave with a helmet.
Very good condition.
$14
WW2 German Death Card (Sterbebild) for Kriegsmarine Matrosen Funk Gefreiter Hugo Mattern.
Killed on the North Sea 29 August 1944, as part of a blockade runner flotilla. He was 19.
Nice photo in navy uniform.
He was buried in Husum, Germany.
Single page single sided card measures about 2.5 x 4.5 inches. Back of card has a cross.
$27
WW2 German Death Card (Sterbebild) for Army Gefreiter Hubert Kraemer, Grenadier Regt. He would have been a member of Army Group Kurland.
Killd fighting in Kurland, 27 January 1945. He was 20. Buried 1 km south of Klavac.
He wears the ribbon of an Iron Cross 2nd Class on his tunic.
Includes his Graves Office slip listing him as killed in Svetaini and buried in Saldus, Frauenberg, Latvia.
Double page single sided card measures about 5.5 x 4.5 inches. Has religious figures on the back.
Very good condition.
$20
WW2 German Death Card (Sterbebild) for Party member and Army Obergefreiter Rudolf Huschka, Infantry Regiment.
Killed flighting against partisans in Montenegro, 1 February 1944. He was 30.
Single page single sided card measures about 2.5 x 4.5 inches. Back of card has a sepia tone Jesus.
Includes a slip from the German Graves Office listing him as killed in Grahovo and buried in Podgorica, Montenegro.
Bundesarchiv lists him serving with 5 Company Fusliier Regiment 334. He was killed by an infantry round to the breast.
Shows slight wear.
$14
WW2 German Death Card (Sterbebild) for Luftwaffe Stabsgefreiter Josef Wenig, Flak Einheit. From Regen.
Was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class, Wound Badge and Flak Badge.
Killed in combat in Hungary, 28 December 1944. He was 29.
Includes his Graves Office slip listing him as buried in Budaors, Hungary.
Single page single sided card measures about 2.5 x 4.25 inches. Back of card has a rendering of his grave.
Very good condition.
$13
WW2 German Death Card (Sterbebild) for Brothers Nikolaus and Johann Johann, from Lockweiler.
Army Soldat Nikolaus Johann, 2 Sanitats Company (motorized) 179.
Shot by an infantry round n thru the heart north of Karosten in the East, 9 August 1941. He was 20. Buried in Kiev, Ukraine.
Obergefreiter Johann Johann, 14 SS - Polizei Grenadier Regiment 3.
Shot in the head by an infantry round, southeast of Kolpino - Leningrad, 13 February 1943. He was 25.
Double page single sided card measures 5.75 x 4.5 inches. Has a helmet on the back.
Good condition.
$65
WW2 German Death Card (Sterbebild) for Army Brothers Anton and Fritz Riess.
Obergefreiter Anton Riess was killed in the difficult fighting in Warsaw, 20 September 1944. He was 31. Buried in Warsaw. This was the Polish Warsaw Uprising!
Obergefreiter Fritz Riess was awarded the War Service Cross and Wound Badge. After 5 years service, he died in the hospital in Wildbad, 18 September 1944. He was 34. He was buried in Bad Wildbad.
Double page double sided card measures 5.75 x 4.5 inches.
Includes German Graves listings for both.
Good condition.
$35