WW2 Death Cards 8

 

WW2 German Death Card (Sterbebild) for Army Feldwebel and Platoon Leader Johann Forster, Infantry Regiment.

Was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class, Anti-Partisan Badge in Silver, War Service Cross with swords, Russian Front Medal, Czech Anschluss Medal and Wound Badge. 

Badly wounded in the arms by a mortar and died on the East Front, 6 March 1944.

The single page double sided card measures about 2.75 x 4.5 inches.

In good condition, showing very slight age.

$50

WW2 German Death Card (Sterbebild) for Luftwaffe Wachtmeister Franz Kasberger, Flak Regiment.

Was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class and Luftwaffe Ground Combat Badge

Killed in the East 5 June 1943.  He was 29.

The single page double sided card measures about 2.5 x 4.25 inches.

Includes German Graves Office slip listing him as dieing  in Field Hospital 6-532 Mariupol and buried in Mariupol, Ukraine.

Bundesarchiv lists him as serving with 2 Batterie Flak Regiment 5. Killed by a fracture to the base of his skull.

In good condition, showing very slight age. My scanner exaggerated the spots.

$20

WW2 German Death Card (Sterbebild) for Gefreiter Johann Wegner, Kraftfahrer Unit.

Killed in the East, 17 December 1941.

He was 30. He joined his mother 7 months later in death.

Photo in NSKK uniform!

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

Bundesarchiv lists him as serving with Stab Division Nachschub Führer (mot) 900.  Killed by an infantry round to the head, Spasskoye, Russia.

Back of card has a cross and helmet.

$10

WW2 German Death Card (Sterbebild) for Luftwaffe Unteroffizier Georg Sillinger, Stab I Flak Regiment 5.

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

After 5.5 years true service, he was killed 15 January 1944, in the East.He was 27.

Double sided single page card measures about 2.5 x 4.5 inches. 

Bundesarchiv lists he was killed by projectile shrapnel to the back in Dsengelowka, and lists him as a driver.

In good condition.

$12

WW2 German Death Card Sterbebild Army Feldwebel Platoon Leader Anti-Partisan Badge

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WW2 German Death Card Sterbebild Hauptmann Gebrigs Artillery Regiment

WW2 German Death Card (Sterbebild) for Army Hauptmann and Battery Chief Leo Lampart, Gebrigs Artillery Regiment. 

Was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class, Iron Cross 1st Class, Russian Front Medal and many more medals. 

He was killed on Kuban, 14 April 1943.

Nice officer photo with the Iron Cross 1st on his tunic.

Single sided double page card measures about 5 x 6.5 inches.  Back of card has an Iron Cross.

Includes German Graves Office slip listing him as killed in Krymskaja and buried in Krymsk, Russia.

Bundesarchiv lists him as having served with 1 Batterie Artillery Regiment 81. He was killed by the full impact of an artillery round.

In excellent condition.

$30

Ww2 German Death Card Sterbebild Luftwaffe Flak Ground Combat Badge
WW2 German Death Card Sterbebild NSKK Driver Unit 1941
WW2 German Death Card Sterbebild Flak Iron Cross KIA East 1944

WW2 German Death Card (Sterbebild) for Army Obergefreiter Bernhard Sartoris, Sanitats Abteilung. In civilian, a chaplain in Illingen.

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

Card has life story. Born Trier, 1911 and went to the priesthood in 1937 and served the church for 3.5 years in Illingen, and had a special love for children.  Went to the military and for 2 years, worked at a main aid station in Russia, tending to his wounded comrades.

Killed 17 February 1944.

Single page double sided card measures about 4 x 2.5 inches.  Good condition.

$20

WW2 German Death Card Sterbebild Priest Medic chaplain Russia 1944
WW2 German Death Card Sterbebild Gebirgsjaeger Kuban Bridgehead 1943

WW2 German Death Card (Sterbebild) for Army Gefreiter Hans Mayer, Gabirgsjaeger Batl., Aufklarung Abt. 97.  Dog tag is from Kradschutzen.

Killed Kuban Bridgehead 29 April 1943, by an infantry round to the head. German Archives lists Dahndamm south of Krymokaja.

Double page single sided card measures about 5.75 x 4 inches.

Very good condition.

$12