Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of a Fallschirmjäger, who served with the 4. Kompanie/ Jäger-Regiment "Hermann Göring"of the Hermann Göring Divison. Condition as seen.
Original Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD) studioportrait of an worker wearing awards (NSDAP-Parteiabzeichen, SA-Sportabzeichen). Postcardsize. Condition as seen.
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of a Gebirgsjäger, who served with the 7. Kompanie/ Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 144 of the 3. Gebirgs-Division. Condition as seen.
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of a Gebirgsjäger, he served with the Pionier-Bataillon 97 of the 97. leichte Infanterie-Division "Spielhahnjäger". Condition as seen.
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of Unteroffizier Hans Reißer, who served as Nachtjäger in 5. Staffel/ Kampfgeschwader 51. He flew the Messerschmitt Me 410 "Hornisse" and crashed in Montidier, France in July 1944!
Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of Unteroffizier Aicher, who served with the Eisenbahnpanzerzug. Family only learned 12 years later that he was Killed in Action in July 1944! Obviously printed after the war but original (no reprint).
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Willibald Engelbrecht, who lost his life while serving on U-609. Condition as seen.
Sunk at 2204hrs on 6 February 1943 in the North Atlantic south-east of Cape Farwell, in position 54.56N, 28.11W, by depth charges from the Free French corvette Lobelia. 47 dead (all hands lost). (Source: Read more about U-609.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Martin Braun, who lost his life while serving on U-578. Condition as seen.
Missing since 6 August 1942 in the Bay of Biscay. No explanation exists for its loss. 49 dead (all hands lost). (Source: Read more about U-578.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Otto Lehr, who lost his life while serving on U-567. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 21 December 1941 in the North Atlantic north-east of the Azores, in position 44.02N, 20.10W, by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Deptford. 47 dead (all hands lost). (Source: Read more about U-567.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Josef Schillinger, who lost his life while serving on U-520. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 30 October 1942 in the North Atlantic east of Newfoundland, in position 47.47N, 49.50W, by depth charges from a Canadian Digby aircraft 747 (10 Sqn RCAF/Z). 53 dead (all hands lost). (Source: Read more about U-520.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Hans Hobelsberger, who lost his life while serving on U-460. Condition as seen.
Sunk 4 Oct 1943 in the North Atlantic north of the Azores, in position 43.18N, 28.58W, by depth charges from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-9) of the American escort carrier USS Card. 62 dead and 2 survivors. (Source: Read more about U-460.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Anton Bergbauer, who lost his life while serving on U-460. Condition as seen.
Sunk 4 Oct 1943 in the North Atlantic north of the Azores, in position 43.18N, 28.58W, by depth charges from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-9) of the American escort carrier USS Card. 62 dead and 2 survivors. (Source: Read more about U-460.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Johann "Hans" Stuck, who lost his life while serving on U-418. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 30 May 1943 in the Bay of Biscay south-west of Brest, France, in position 47.00N, 14.00W, by depth charges from a British Catalina aircraft (210 Sqn RAF/G). 48 dead (all hands lost). (Source: Read more about U-418.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Karl Huf, who lost his life while serving on U-384. Condition as seen.
Sunk at 1745hrs on 19 March 1943 in the North Atlantic west of Ireland, in position 54.18N, 26.15W, by depth charges from a British Fortress aircraft (206 Sqn RAF/B). 47 dead (all hands lost).. (Source: Read more about U-384.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Oskar Wieder, who lost his life while serving on U-336. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 5 October 1943 in the Denmark Strait south-west of Iceland, in position 62.43N, 27.17W, by rockets from a British Hudson aircraft (269 Sqn RAF/F). 50 dead (all hands lost).. (Source: Read more about U-336.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Josef Schneider, who lost his life while serving on U-332. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 29 April 1943 in the Bay of Biscay north of Cape Finisterre, Spain, in position 45.08N, 09.33W, by depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft (224 Sqn RAF/D). 45 dead (all hands lost).. (Source: Read more about U-332.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Heinrich Jerzenbeck, who lost his life while serving on U-254. Condition as seen.
Sank on 8 December 1942 in the North Atlantic south-east of Cape Farewell, in position 58.45N, 33.02W, after a collision with U-221. 41 dead and 4 survivors.. (Source: Read more about U-254.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Sepp Grundl, who lost his life while serving on U-226. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 6 November 1943 in the North Atlantic east of Newfoundland, in position 44.49N, 41.13W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Starling, HMS Woodcock and HMS Kite. 51 dead (all hands lost). (Read more about U-226.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Ferdinand Popijal, who lost his life while serving on U-215. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 3 July 1942 in the North Atlantic east of Boston, in position 41.48N, 66.38W, by depth charges from the British anti-submarine trawler HMS Le Tiger. 48 dead (all hands lost).. (Read more about U-215.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Heinrich Lutz, who lost his life while serving on U-194. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 24 June 1943 in the North Atlantic south-west of Iceland, in position 59.00N, 26.18W, by a Fido homing torpedo from a US Catalina aircraft (VP-84 USN/G). 54 dead (all hands lost). (Read more about U-194.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Xaver Ehrensperger, who lost his life while serving on U-189. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 23 April 1943 in the North Atlantic east of Cape Farewell, Greenland, in position 59.50N, 34.43W, by depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft (120 Sqn RAF/V). 54 dead (all hands lost).. (Read more about U-189.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot crew member Rudolf Braun, who lost his life while serving with U-74. Condition as seen.
Sunk on 2 May 1942 in the Mediterranean east-southeast of Cartagena, Spain, in position 37.12N, 00.01E, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Wishart and HMS Wrestler. 47 dead (all hands lost)... (Source: Read more about U-74.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot member Christoph Kubitza who lost his life while serving with U-266. Good condition.
Sunk on 15 May 1943 in the North Atlantic north-west of Spain, in position 45.28N, 10.20W, by depth charges from a British Halifax aircraft (58 Sqn RAF/M). 47 dead (all hands lost). (Source: Read more about U-266.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot member Anton Feldwebel who lost his life while serving with U-3523. Good condition.
U-3523 was sunk by depth charges from a British B-24 Liberator of 86 Squadron/G RAF about 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) north of Skagen Horn, in the Skagerrak on 6 May 1945. All 58 crewmen were lost. (Source: Read more about U-3520.)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of U-boot member Richard Donhauser who lost his life while serving with U-222. Good condition.
Sank on 2 September 1942 in the Baltic Sea west of Pillau, in position 54.25N, 19.30E, after a collision with U-626. 42 dead and 3 survivors. (Source: Read more about U-222.)
Original death card ("Sterbebild") of Kommisär d. Landespolizei Andreas Müller. Interestingly, he died in 1951 but still with wartime photo on the card.
Original death card of Obergefreiter Franz Grillmeier, who was Killed in Action on December 1, 1942 while serving with Panzer-Abteilung 301 "Funklenk"!
The Panzer-Abteilung (Fkl) 301 was formed on 9 September 1942 by the redesignation of Panzer-Abteilung (FL) 300. It was transferred to Heeresgruppe Nord where it remained until December when it withdrew for refitting. It later saw action at Kursk. In January 1944 it was sent to Italy. After leaving France in August 1944 it was ordered to reorganize with Tiger I tanks, it was issues a total of 31 rebuilt Tiger I tanks, including 10 from schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 103. It took part in the Ardennes offensive. On 16 April it had withdrawn to Sprockhövel where it blew up its last three Tiger tanks.
The "(Fkl)" in the name was for "Funklenk", a reference to the radio-controlled demolition vehicles used. (Source: Axishistory)
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of Fliegeringenieur Hans Unterkircher, who died on May 1, 1943 while serving with Feldwerftleitstelle Eschwege. Top photo (real photo pasted on card). Condition as seen.
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of Stabsgefreiter Otto Brandl. According to the info that came with it, he served with the Grenadier-Regiment 164 of the 62. Volksgrenadier-Division. Killed near Winterspelt, which is near St. Vith. Condition as seen.
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of Unteroffizier Hans Freidhager, who lost his life on February 22, 1944 in Hasselt, Belgium. He was shot down with his plane (Ju88A-17, 801419, DF+JU), all of his crew died as well. Condition as seen.
Buried in LOMMEL (Belgium).
Original Death Card (“Sterbebild”) of Grenadier Josef Steinbauer, who lost his life on June 22, 1943 in Antwerpen, Belgium. Condition as seen.
Buried in LOMMEL (Belgium).
Original Death Card ("Sterbebild") of Soldat Hans Miller, who Died on August 9, 1946 in a Hospital in Melbourne, England. Born in Augsburg-Hochstädt. Condition as seen.
Buried: Hans Miller ruht auf der Kriegsgräberstätte in Hull Northern Cemetery. Endgrablage: Abteilung 201 Grab 80
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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 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 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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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 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).
