WW2 Death Cards 10

 

WW2 German Death Card (Sterbebild) for Luftwaffe Obergefreiter Otto Brunnbauer, 7 Company Jaeger Regiment 10, 5 Luftnachrichten Feld Division.

Killed by machine gun to the left breast, 9 October 1943, in the difficult fighting on Aschwan See.  He was 22. 

Single page single sided card measures about 2.25 x 4.25 inches. The reverse has a rendering of his grave.

Very good condition.

$14

WW2 German Death Card (Sterbebild) for Army Obergefreiter Alois Ludwig, Nachschub Kompanie.

He was awarded the War Service Cross 2nd Class with Swords.

Killed 1 September 1942, by a low flying aircraft in Afrika.  He was 20.

Beautiful photo in tropical uniform.

Double page single sided card measures about 5 x 5.5 inches.

Includes a slip from the German Graves Office listing him as buried in El Alamein Egypt.

Bundesarchiv lists him as serving with Nachschub Komp. 33 (motorized). He was killed by Marsa Matruk North Afrika.

Card has his grave location hand written on it!.

$20

WW2 German Death Card (Sterbebild) for Luftwaffe Gefreiter Heinrich Haimerl, Seefliegerhorst.

Died the result of a difficult wound, in a field hospital in the East, 18 December 1942.  He was 22.

Includes his Graves Office slip listing him as killed in Lobok by Newel and buried in Newel, Ukraine.

Double page single sided card measures about 5.5 x 4.5 inches.  Has a rendering of his grave on the back.

Card looks to have been carried.

$11

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 Party Member Killed Partisans Montenegro 1944
WW2 German Death Card Sterbebild Seehorstflieger 1942
WW2 German Death Card Sterbebild Assault Gunner 1943 Sturm Geschuetz

WW2 German Death Card (Sterbebild) for Gefreiter Fridolin Heiligensetzer, Panzer Jäger Abteillung.  From Bukartshofen.

Killed 1 November 1943, in the East, and layed to rest in the Bobruisk Cemetery.  He was 25.

Nice photo in an assault gunner’s uniform.

Back of card has a grave rendering with his name on it.  Double page card measures about 4.5 x 5.5 inches.

German Graves Office lists him as dying in military hospital 4-531, Bobruisk, Russia and being buried there, too.

Bundesarchiv has him with 2 Company Panzer Jaeger Abtl. 253.

Very good condition.

$20

 WW2 German Death Card Sterbebild Russian POW Camp Taganrog 1944

WW2 German Death Card (Sterbebild) for Army Gefreiter Rudolf Graf.

He died in the Russian POW Camp at Taganrog, 31 December 1944. He was 42. 

Includes his Graves Office slip listing him as dying in POW Camp II-356 Taganrog, Russia.

Single  page single sided card measures about 2.5 x 4.25 inches.  Back of card has Mary.

Very good condition.

$7

WW2 German Death Card Sterbebild Afrika Korps El Alamein North Africa
WW2 German Death Card Sterbebild Luftwaffe Nachrichten Aschwan
WW2 German Death Card Sterbebild Brothers SS Polizei Regiment 3

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