GERMAN MEMORIAL DEATH CARDS
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MEMORIAL CARDS OF THE THIRD RIECH

(F1329) A Fallschirmjaeger deathcard. For "The Paratrooper Corporal Franz Daumann, who gave in Italy at the age of 18 his young, combative life for the beloved Fuehrer" He was the only male son of Herr Franz and Frau Hanna Daumann from Steyr (Austria). He was born 1 st Sept 1926 and died 10th Dec 1944, and now rest at the Futa pass war cemetery Block 46, burial 184. The card is in very nice condition

GBP £30.00(UK Pounds)

(F1391) A very rare Death Card to a Luftwaffe Ground Combat member who was killed in action whilst a member of the Hermann Goring Division on 25th January 1944. A nice head and shoulders photograph in Luftwaffe uniform. In vgc.

GBP £30.00(UK Pounds)

(H581)A German WW2 porcelain wall plaque with a picture of a German Waffen SS Soldier and inscribed 'SS Untr. Scharfr. Wilhelm Becker Gefallen Im Partisaner Kampf Bei Rawna-Gora Im Alter Von 24 Jahren Fur Fuhrer Volk Und Fatherland'. The plaque has a picture of Becker, showing him in SS uniform , wearing the Infantry Assault badge in Silver, The Black Wound Badge , Russian Front Ribbon and Iron Cross Ribbon, I did a quick check on the German War grave site and found a Becker who was KAI in Ravna-Gora on 30.4.1944 . The reverse of the plaque has in pencil the date 1944, and the makers mark of a shield and crown. A rare item On the German War Graves site it lists Wilhelm Becker wurde noch nicht auf einen vom Volksbund errichteten Soldatenfriedhof überführt oder konnte im Rahmen unserer Umbettungsarbeiten nicht geborgen werden.

GBP £275.00 (UK Pounds)

(J1001) A German Death Card to Obergefreiter Georg Streicher, a member of a Grenadier Regiment. He was killed in action on 8.5.44 on the Eastern Front at Sevastapol. He was a holder of the War Merit Cross 2nd Class, Wound Badges, and the Crimea Shield. The photograph of him shows him wearing hte War Merit Cross ribbon on the tunic and him wearing an army side cap. In very good condition and scarce to find cards with awards noted. Vgc.

GBP £20.00 (UK Pounds)

(J1002) A German Death Card to a Max Wanniger an Obergefreiter in a Gebirgsjaeger Battalion. He was killed in action on 24.4.42 aged 31 and was killed in the East. There is a nice photograph of him wearing the mountain troops cap with eidelweiss and wearing also the infantry assault and wound badge. Vgc.

GBP £20.00 (UK Pounds)

(J1003) A German Death Card to an Obergefreiter Xaver Achatz who was a Panzer Grenadier. He was killed in action on 13.10.44 in the East at the age of 21. He was holder of the iron cross 2nd class, infantry assault badge, wound badge and close combat clasp. The photograph shows him in military uniform. Vgc

GBP £25.00 (UK Pounds)

(J1004) A German Death Card to an Unterofficer Josef Schrobenhauser who was in the Artillary Regiment. He was killed in action on the 24.10.44. He was holder of the iron cross 2nd class, east medal, wound badge and Crimea shield. The photograph shows him in army uniform. Vgc.

GBP £20.00 (UK Pounds)

(J1005) A German Death Card to a Feldwebel Johann Renoth who was in the Mountain Troop regiment. He was killed in action on 2.10.44 in Russia. He was holder of the iron cross 1st and 2nd class, the infantry assault award, the russian front medal, wound badge and kuban shield. The photograph shows him in army uniform. Vgc.

GBP £25.00 (UK Pounds)

(J1006) A German Death Card to a Leutnant and Batl. Adjudant Karl Brandl. He was killed in action in the East at the age of 23. He was a member of the Luftwaffe Ground Force and was holder of the iron cross 2nd class and storm badge. Vgc.

GBP £25.00 (UK Pounds)

(J1276) An SS Memorial Card to two brothers. One is to an SS Sturmmann Johann Schneiderbauer holder of a panzer badge in bronze and a wound badge. He was killed on 3.5.1944 in Rumania age 19. The brother of him called Josef Schneiderbauer was holder of the iron cross 2nd class and the black and silver wound badges. He was killed in 1944 at the age of 22. A nice pair to one family, one photograph shows one of the recipients wearing a side cap with totenkopf and SS runes. The other shows the brother in army uniform. Also comes with it is the war graves report that confirms the details of one of the brothers. The second one puts the other brother killed later, but it is believed to be him.

GBP £60.00 (UK Pounds)

(J1277) An SS Memorial Card to a Lorenz Leykam who was killed in action on the 15.2.43. The card also shows him in military uniform and states that he was a member of the Panzer Grenadier regiment and he was just 20 when killed. A nice head and shoulder photograph with him wearing SS insignia. It also states where he was killed Charkow in the Ukraine. This also comes with the war graves commission details confirming the above. A nice card to find in good condition.

GBP £50.00 (UK Pounds)

(J1857) A Nice Memorial Card to a Johann Aschenbrenner who was holder of the both the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class and Infantry Assault Badge. His rank was feldwebel and he was killed in action in Russia on 7.5.43. He is also mentioned on the German war graves commission, which confirms all this detail, a copy of which is enclosed. There is a photograph of him on the card in military uniform. Nice to find one that mentions his honours and awards. In good condition.

GBP £15.00 (UK Pounds)

(J1466) A Memorial Card to a Simon Hahn. A black and white card without picture that has his regiment as the Panzer Lehr Division and states that he was killed at the age of 33 on the 4.4.45. A very nice card to acquire to one of Germany's elite Panzer divisions. Something interesting about the card is it was printed in 1946 and has the imperial 1914 iron cross to the centre and shows the de-nazification laws even went to this extent to stop the swastika being put on memorial cards.

GBP £10.00 (UK Pounds)

(J1467) A Memorial Card to a soldier named Willi Wagner from a Panzer Grenadier Regiment who was killed on the Eastern Front on 12.10.43 at the age of just 19. The card also shows a picture of Willi in army uniform wearing a side cap. In very good condition.

GBP £7.50 (UK Pounds)

(J1468) A Memorial Card to a Joh Gschwendtner, a Schutze in a Panzer Division. He was killed on 24.9.41 in the East aged 24. This was just after the invasion of Russia. The picture shows him in his parade tunic wearing a peaked cap. The card is in very good condition.

GBP £7.50 (UK Pounds)

(J1469) A Memorial Card to a Karl Wosender, an Obergreifreiter in a Panzer Jaeger Regiment. He was killed on 28.6.42 in the Soviet Union age 24. There is a picture of Karl in army uniform to the other side. The card is in very good condition for it's age.

GBP £7.50 (UK Pounds)

(J1682) A Memorial Card to a Xaver Simbeck a soldier in the Parachute regiment who was killed in September 1944 in France age 21. The card shows him in Luftwaffe uniform with a Luftwaffe side cap. In good condition with the usual central fold.

GBP £40.00 (UK Pounds)

(J1683) A Memorial Card to a Ludwig Ecker, an SS Man in a motor company who was killed on 15th October 1941 age just 19 and killed fighting against communism, ie probably the Russian Front. The picture shows him in full SS uniform with the SS runic collar patch and a blank collar patch. The card is in very good condition.

GBP £50.00 (UK Pounds)

(J1859) A Nice Memorial Card to a Karl Brandl showing a photograph of him in military uniform wearing a side cap and showing that he was awarded both the ost medal and wound badge. There is also a print out from the German war graves commission showing he was killed in action in Slovakia in 1944. Nice to find.

GBP £12.50 (UK Pounds)

(J1860) A Nice Memorial Card to a Gottfried Dentmeier. The card shows Gottfried in military uniform wearing a side cap. He was a Panzer Grenadier and holder of the iron cross 2nd class. He was killed in action on 21/8/44 in the East. Nice to get one to a panzer soldier.

GBP £20.00 (UK Pounds)

(J1861) A Nice Memorial Card to a Josef Ortner. The card shows he was killed in action on 23.1.43 in Tunisia and lists him as a jaeger in a mountain troop regiment. There is a German war graves commission print out that confirms all this. It is rare to find a memorial card to a member of Rommels Afrika Corps and a mountain trooper at that!

GBP £25.00 (UK Pounds)

(J1863) A Nice Memorial Card to an Obergreifreiter Ludwig Fritz. The card shows he was in an infantry regiment and holder of an infantry storm badge. The card also states he was killed on 24/9/41. There is a photograph of Ludwig wearing military uniform showing head and shoulders. The card is in good condition.

GBP £10.00 (UK Pounds)

(J1865) A Nice Memorial Card to a Josef Hausladen. The card shows Josef in his military uniform and states that he was in a rifle police unit in Bromberg and he was an Unterwachtmeister. Josef died of wounds on 1/4/42 in Berlin. An unusual card to acquire. Most police units were involved in Anti-Partisan and other secret operations. The card is enveloped in mystery as to why he was in a hospital in Berlin as most of these units would have had their own medical facilities behind the field of operation.

GBP £20.00 (UK Pounds)

(J1866) A Nice Memorial Card to a Franz Hofbauer. The card shows Franz as an Unteroffizier in an Infantry Reg and holder of the iron cross 2nd class and infantry assault badge. The photograph shows him in military uniform with an army side cap being worn. Also, this comes with a print out from the German war graves commission showing the details about Franz and that he was killed in the Ukraine.

GBP £15.00 (UK Pounds)

(J1867) A Nice Memorial Card to a Josef Kam who was killed in action in Russia in June 1941, soon after the invasion. The card is unusual in that it has a colour plate to the reverse. This is what very few cards do show.

GBP £12.50 (UK Pounds)

(J1868) A Nice Memorial Card to a Alois Obermeier showing him in military uniform with a head and shoulders photograph. The card shows Alois was a greifreiter and states he was holder of both the wound badge and russian front medal and has taken part in the French campaign. It also shows Alois was born on 23.5.14 and died 24.1.43.

GBP £12.50 (UK Pounds)

(J1869) A Nice Memorial Card to a Franz Pohmer that lists him as a member of an Obergreifreiter in a jaeger Komando group and that he was killed in action on 17.2.45 in Slovakia at the age of 20. The German war graves commission confirms this and shows his grave in the Slovakian republic. An unusual and scarce unit. The card comes with a print out from the German war graves commission. The card shows him in military uniform and as a holder of the iron cross and a wound badge?

GBP £17.50 (UK Pounds)

(J1870) A Nice Memorial Card to a Johann Reiter who was an Obergreifreiter in an artillary regiment. The memorial card shows a head and shoulder photograph of Johann wearing a cape of some description. The card also states he died of wounds received in March 1942 and died in April 1942. Nice unusual card. It also comes with a German war graves commission print out confirming these details and showing he died in Russia. £10.00 (UK Pounds)

(J1871) A Nice Memorial Card to a Franz Schutzenberger who was killed in action in December 1944 in Belgium. The card shows a photograph of Franz in military uniform and is nice in the fact that it was at a pivitol date in history with the Arden Offensive (Battle of the Bulge) going on. The card comes with a German war graves commission print out confirming all the details.

GBP £10.00 (UK Pounds)

(J1872) A Nice Memorial Card to a Hans Sonnleitner who was a Grefrieter in the infantry regiment Brauer Von Hohenwarth. Hans was killed in action on 30/1/43 in Russia and was holder of the iron cross 2nd class and the wound badge in silver. The card shows him in military uniform wearing a peaked cap. The card is in very good condition.

GBP £15.00 (UK Pounds)

(J1873) A Nice Memorial Card to a Josef Umberger who was a Grefreiter in the infantry regiment Brauer Von Hohenwarth. Josef was killed in action on 16/5/42 at the age of 36 ½ in the fight against Bolshevism to save the homeland. The card shows him in full military uniform wearing an army side cap, and belt and buckle.

GBP £15.00 (UK Pounds)

(J1874) A Nice Memorial Card to a Johann Vogl showing him in military tunic wearing a side cap. The card shows he was an obergreifreiter in an infantry regiment and was killed in action in the Ukraine. The card also states he was holder of the wound badge, the krim shield and the ost medal and gives his date of birth as 17.10.19 and his date of death 12.1.44. In nice condition and scarce to find one with many entries.

GBP £20.00 (UK Pounds)


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