Description: A sad & evocative World War Two GermanIm Memorium Death Card(Sterbebild)for a Wehrmacht Austrian Gefreiter in aGerman Artillery RegimentAnton Edera conscript killed in action in a heavy German assault at Lake Ladoga(40km east of Leningrad)on the Russian Front on August 6th 1943. 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 4.5")is from the Parish of Saaldorf in Austria near Salzburgand 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: 2024-11-29T17:10:47.000Z
Shipping Cost: 17.96 GBP
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Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
Berlin: Russian Front
Service: Wehrmacht
Salzburg: 1943
Lake Ladoga: Leningrad
Modified Item: No
Stalingrad: Berlin
Austria: Saaldorf
Type: Im Memorium Death Card
Conflict: World War II (1939-1945)
Era: 1914-1945
Wehrmacht: Waffen-SS
Country/ Organization: Germany
Third Reich: Kuban Front
Theme: Militaria
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
