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 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) 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) 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
