Description: A sad & evocative World War Two GermanIm Memorium Death Card(Sterbebild)for a Wehrmacht Soldat in anInfantry RegimentLudwig Richtsfelda conscript who died in a German Army Field Hospital(Feldlazarett) after receiving heavy wounds during an engagement with the enemyat Leningrad on the Russian Front on 13th March 1943.aged just 25. A unit Medic, he was the holder of theIron Cross 2nd Class,and was a veteran of the both the Blitzkrieg on France & Russia Such moving death cards were a typical feature of Germany's Catholic Religionand numerous copies of these sad death notices of the soldier named,would be sent out to friends & relatives in the days & weeksfollowing his tragic death in action in World War Two.. This 'double-panel' card(measuring approx 6" x 4") is from theThe Parish of Germannsdorf near Passau in Bavariaand is in a very good condition. A sad but impressive wee document from the Second World War German Home Front... Thanks for looking..! (Please note that all of our items of WW-I & WW-II Allied & German militaria are also offered via our various South Coast antique emporium outletsand directly via our A.V.C. mail-order business here in Hampshire, so may disappear from view on eBay without prior notice, if sold through those myriad outlets!)
Price: 15 GBP
Location: Winchester, Hampshire
End Time: 2024-01-02T13:40:21.000Z
Shipping Cost: 19.08 GBP
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Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
Service: Wehrmacht
Attack on France: Blitzkrieg
Modified Item: No
Type: Im Memorium Death Card
Infantry Soldat: Germannsdorf
German Field Hospital: Feldlazarett
Conflict: World War II (1939-1945)
Era: 1914-1945
Country/ Organization: Germany
Third Reich: The Russian Front
Sterbebild: Soldat
Leninigrad: Iron Cross
Theme: Militaria
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
