WW2 Death Cards 7

 

WW2 German Death Card (Sterbebild) for Army Unteroffizier Heinrich Hauser, Grenadier Regiment.

Was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class, Silver Wound badge, Infantry Assault Badge, Russian Front Medal and Close Combat Clasp.

After 4 years true service, he was killed in the difficult fighting in Russia, 24 January 1944.  He was 25.

The single page single sided card measures about 5.5 x 4.25 inches.

Includes a German Graves Office slip listing him as being killed and buried by Wollewowo Leningrad, Russia.

Scan exaggerates color.  OK condition.

$17

WW2 Death card Sterbebild Gebirgsjaeger Officer

WW2 German Death Card (Sterbebild) for Army Oberleutnant and Company Commander Franz Obermeier, Gebirgsjaeger Regiment.

Was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class, War Service Cross with Swords, Russian Front Medal and Wound Badge.

Killed in the southern sector of the East Front, 20 December 1943.  He was 34. 

Nice photo with the Iron Cross and Russian Front Medal ribbons.

The single page double sided card measures about 5.25 x 2.5 inches.

In excellent condition.

$20

WW2 Death card Zahlmeister Russian POW

WW2 German Death Card (Sterbebild) for Army Oberzahlmeister and Fahnenjunker Alfred Füessl, Infantry Regiment.   Salesman from Wallersdorf.

Died in a Russian POW Camp hospital, 17 October 1945.  He was 37.

Nice officer’s uniform photo.

Back of card has a cross.  The double page double sided card measures about 3 x 5.5 inches.  

Includes a German Graves Office slip stating he died in Karachasch, Ukraine.

In very good condition.

$20

WW2 German Death Card (Sterbebild) for Army Grenadier Paul Woll, 10 Company Grenadier Regiment 278.

Killed 28 November 1943, Ssmoliza, 40km southeast of Mogitew by an infantry round to the head..  He was 36. 

Great photo with his musician swallow nests visible.

The single page double sided card measures about 4.5 x 2.5 inches.

Bundesarchiv info.

Tape to 2 corners from being in an album.

$8

WW2 German Death Card (Sterbebild) for Army Gefreiter and NSKK Mann Heinrich Baum, Grenadier Regiment.

Was awarded the Infantry Assault Badge.

Killed in the difficult fighting at Dobrynka, Russia, 26 June 1944.  He was 33.  He joined his brother, Paul, in death  who had been killed in Italy, 12 February 1944.

Nice photo in NSKK uniform.  His collar tab looks to be 29-166.

The double page single sided card measures about 6.5 x 4.5 inches.   The back of the card has a photo of a funeral.

Bundesarchiv lists him as serving with 1 Company Grenadier Regiment 451.  He fell in Dobrynka 15 km south of Brest.

$25

WW2 German Death Card Sterbebild NSKK Heinrich Baum

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WW2 German Death Card (Sterbebild) for Army Soldat Nepomuk Noebauer, Flak Unit. Land worker’s son from Wolfakirchen.

Died 15 April 1945, aboard a hospital ship being transported to Melk, Austria.  He was 18.

Back of card has a rendering of a grave with his name on it.  The double page single sided card measures about 4.5 x 5.75 inches.  

Includes a German Graves Office slip listing him as dieing aboard a hospital ship near Melk and being buried in Allensteig, Austria.

In excellent condition.

$12

WW2 German Death Card (Sterbebild) for Luftwaffe Air Plane Mechanic Josef Fuchs. Land worker’s son from Bayerweg.

Killed 20 April 1945, in Bernstein by Wunsiedel  He was 23.

Back of card has a prayer and St George.  The single page single sided card measures about 2.5 x 4.5 inches.  

Includes a German Graves Office slip stating he was buried in Bayreuth, Germany.

Very good condition.

$12

WW2 German Death Card Sterbebild Close Combat Clasp Nahkampfspange
WW2 German Death Card Sterbebild Hospital Ship Melk Austria April 15 1945
WW2 German Death Card Sterbebild Luftwaffe Airplane mechanic 20 April 1945
WW2 German Death Card Sterbebild Grenadier Regt 278 Ssmoliza 1943 musician