Original Death Card ("Sterbebild") of Unteroffizier Franz Mühllechner, who was Killed on December 21, 1945 in Korado (Colorado(?)), United States of America. Condition as seen.
Buried: Johann Stummvoll ruht auf der Kriegsgräberstätte in Fort Riley.
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Original Death Card ("Sterbebild") of Unteroffizier Johann Stummvoll, who was Killed on May 20, 1946 in Derby, Derbyshire, England due a Road accident. Born in Alm-Wolfstein. Condition as seen.
Buried: Johann Stummvoll ruht auf der Kriegsgräberstätte in Derby. Endgrablage: Grab 58313
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Original Death Card ("Sterbebild") of Unteroffizier Hans Dehling, who served with a Fallschirmjäger-Reigment possibly the 5. Fallschirmjäger-Division when he was Killed in Action on January 31, 1945 on the Western front. Condition as seen.
Buried: Hans Dehling ruht auf der Kriegsgräberstätte in Neuerburg. Endgrablage: Reihe 1 Grab 44
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Original Death Card ("Sterbebild") of Gefreiter Alfons Ederer, who served with the 7. Kompanie/ Infanterie-Regiment 135 of the 45. Infanterie-Division when he was Killed in Action on July 10, 1941 in Wujwieze by Unfall ("Accident"). Born in Ulrichsgrün.
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Original Death Card ("Sterbebild") of Unteroffizier Franz Schiller, who served with the 10. Kompanie/ Infanterie-Regiment 217 of the 57. Infanterie-Division when he was Killed in Action on July 8, 1941 at Czerniatyn by Artilleriegeschoss r. Oberschenkel ("Artillery shraphnel right Upperleg"). Born in Gewzing, Mühlsdorf. Condition as seen.
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Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of Schütze (Jäger) Karl Götz, who served with the 9. Kompanie/ Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 206 of the 7. Gebirgs-Division when he was Died after being severely Wounded in Action on June 28, 1941 at Kriegslazarett 3/526 by Zahlreiche Splitterverletzungen Rücke und Kopf (“Numerous shrapnel wounds Back and Head”). Born in Burglengenfeld. Condition as seen.
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Original Death Card ("Sterbebild") of Obergefreiter Johann "Hans" Bojer, who served with the schwere Kompanie/ Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 27 of the 17. Panzer-Division when he was Killed in Action on June 25, 1941 at Slomin by Infanteriegeschoss Kopf und Bauch ("Head & Bellyshot by bullet"). Born in Erpetshof. Earned the EK2 & PKA.
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Original Death Card ("Sterbebild") of Unteroffizier Franz Schmolz, who served with the 14. Kompanie/ Infanterie-Regiment 216 of the 86. Infanterie-Division when he was Killed in Action on June 23, 1941 at Motejkowo - "Panzer-Angriff Zalesie" by Infanteriegeschoss Bauch ("Bellyshot by bullet"). Born in Steinbach, Nürnberg.
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Original Death Card ("Sterbebild") of Gefreiter Herbert Schrotshammer, who served with the 12. Kompanie/ Infanterie-Regiment 486 of the 262. Infanterie-Division when he was Killed in Action on June 22, 1941 at Lemberg. Born in Eberschwang.
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Original (document from after war!) Gemeinschaft Deutscher Ritterkreuzträger (GdR) Membership application of Ernst Jetting. Leutnant Ernst Jetting (01.08.1915 † 24.12.1999) earned the Ritterkreuz on June 4, 1944 as Oberfeldwebel in the 1. Kompanie/Grenadier-Regiment 29 of the 3. Panzer-Grenadier-Division. Good Condition. Also signed by him!
Comes with a letter of Jetting and two postwar signed photographs!
Original Wartime Signature on a Postcard of Herbert Ihlefeld. Oberst Herbert Ihlefeld (01.06.1914 † 08.08.1995) earned the Ritterkreuzon September 13, 1940 as Oberleutnant und Flugzeugführer in the 1. Staffel/ Jagdgeschwader 77 “Herz As”, the Eichenlaub on June 27, 1941 as Hauptmann und Kommandeur of the I. Gruppe/ Jagdgeschwader 77 “HerzAs”, the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on April 9, 1942 and the Schwertern on April 24, 1942 as Hauptmann und Kommandeur of the I. Gruppe/ Jagdgeschwader 77 “HerzAs”. He’s credited with at least 122 aerial victories! Good condition. Measuring: Postcardsize.
Waffen-SS Death card for Gefreiter der SS-Polizei Karl Apfelthaler, who was Killed in Action on August 23, 1942 on the Eastern Front. He served with the 2. Kompanie/ SS-Polizei-Schützen-Regiment 1.
Illustration of his death registation card (not part of sale).
Waffen-SS Death card for Gefreiter der SS-Polizei Josef Porleitner, who was Killed in Action on August 18, 1941 on the Eastern Front. He served with the 6. Kompanie/ SS-Polizei-Schützen-Regiment 1.
Illustration of his death registation card (not part of sale).
Waffen-SS Death card for Unterwachtmeister der SS-Polizei Felix Herzog, who was Killed in Action on December 5, 1941 on the Eastern Front. He earned the EK2, Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen & Verwundetenabzeichen! He served with the 9. Kompanie/ SS-Polizei-Schützen-Regiment 3.
Illustration of his death registation card (not part of sale).
Driving permit for Uffz. Stürmer of Feldpostnummer 10736 ( Stab Nachschub-Bataillon 151 ) to pick up Unterarzt Gusch to drive him from Antwerpen to Luik for medical overview of leaving troops.
3x Documents of SA-Truppführer (early Sportdocuments) and later Unteroffizier Behrens of Infanterie-Regiment 257 of 83. Infanterie-Division. Two are early sport documents for the Sportabzeichen and the later is for a wound he suffered in 1940 (likely for the Western front) for the awarding of the Wound Badge. Documents were folded in the past. Good condition.
Small set of Obergefreiter Rolf Eckhoff which consists of a Certificate for the SA-Sportabzeichen (with nice ID photo in RAD uniform) and two documents related to his death. He was Killed in Action in 1942 while serving with Infanterie-Regiment 65 of the 22. (LL) Infanterie-Division. I added his death card from the archives as illustration (is not part of the group!).
Original Film Foto Verlag Postcard Nr. R341 of Major Hermann Ammer (08.03.1914 † 09.12.2000), who earned the German Cross in Gold on May 17, 1943 as Oberleutnant with 3. Kompanie/ Grenadier-Regiment 6 and the Knight's Cross on October 12, 1943 as Oberleutnant und Führer of II. Bataillon/ Grenadier-Regiment 62 of the 7. Infanterie-Division. Good condition. Postcardsize.
Original Film Foto Verlag Postcard Nr. R240 of Hauptmann Joachim Müncheberg, who earned the Knight’s Cross with Oakleaves & Swords with Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter" & Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders". Good condition. Postcardsize.
Original Film Foto Verlag Postcard Nr. 301 of Hauptmann Werner Baumgarten-Crusius, who earned the Knight’s Cross with Oakleaves with Grenadier-Regiment 156 of the 16. Infanterie-Division. Good condition. Postcardsize.
Hoffmann Photo Postcard (Nr. R146) of Knight’s Cross Holder Otto Starosta, who earned the Ritterkreuz on May 8, 1943 as Zugführer in 1. Kompanie/ Grenadier-Regiment 686 of the 336. Infanterie-Division. Otto Starosta passed away on January 20, 1985. Good condition. Postcardsize.
Hoffmann Photo Postcard (Nr. 1598) of Knight’s Cross Holder Günter Halm, who earned the Ritterkreuz on July 29, 1942 as Grenadier and Richtschütze in the Pakzug of the Regimentsstabskompanie/ Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 104. He was passed away on September 26, 2017. Good condition (small write imprint on bottom, front). His name is incorrectly printed on the postcard (Günther Hahn). Postcardsize.
Stunning fieldmade and handsigned 'Soldatenglück' document (DIN A4, can be opened) with “Dem Scheidenden techn. Inspektor (K) Voigtl wünschen bestes Soldatenglück” (The departing techn. Inspector (K) Voigtl, wishes the best 'Soldier's luck'), “Offiziere des Stabes der 196. Infanterie-Division” (Officers of the Divisional Staff of the 196. Infanterie-Division). This document was handsigned by all of the Divisional Staff officers of the Division!
The 196. Infanterie-Division was engaged in the fightings and occupation of Drontheim (Trondheim), Norway. A stunning and researchable document from a Division serving years on the Norwegian front! One of the signatures is from the Divisional Commander Generalleutnant Kurt Möhring (Knight’s Cross and was Killed in Action during the Battle of the Bulge as Commander of the 276. Volks-Grenadier-Division). On December 18, 1944 Major-General Kurt Moehring, was on his way back to his command post when he got killed in his staff car near the village of Beaufort by machinegun fire. Interestingly, his command car was an American jeep and his death is disputed due the American took credit for his death but according to local historians there were no US troops within that area 48 hours after the offensive.
A few identified signatures are that of: Generalleutnant Kurt Moehring (Commander) and Oberstleutnant Klimke (Ia).
Stunning fieldmade and handsigned wedding congratulations document (A4-size, can be opened) with "Herzlichen Glückwunsche zur Vermählung" (Congratulations to your Wedding), "Die Offiziere des Divsions-Stabes der 246. Volks-Grenadier-Division" (The officers of the Divisional Staff of the 246. Volks-Grenadier-Division). This document was handsigned by all of the officers (except likely the officer to which this was given to) of the 246. Volks-Grenadier-Division. This Division was engaged in the Battle of Aachen, Hürtgenwald, Battle of the Bulge and Frankfurt am Main. A stunning and researchable document from a Division heavily involved in the 1944-45 fightings in the West! One of the signatures is from the Divisional Commander (from Nov. '44 onward) Generalmajor Peter Körte (Knight's Cross and he passed away early in 1947).
Scarce large-size (36x26 cm)"Kampf und Sieg einer Panzer-Division im Balkanfeldzug" booklet. Follows the 5. Panzer-Division (incl. Panzer-Regiment 31 "Roten Teufel") throughout the Balkan in 1941. Comes with a extra letter (Oberleutnant Melnzer des Aufklärungs-Staffel 2 (H), which was subordinated to the 5. Panzer-Division). Published by Hauptmann Kohlhardt.
