death cards

[W Petz]

Here is the second page of 5 with photo

[W Petz]

Here is the third and fourth pages.

[W Petz]

The last page #5

[W Petz]

Here is a large thinner paper Death Card on a Doctor.

[W Petz]

The last large thin paper Death Card which can be folded and mailed out (this one had been mailed to an Artzt - Doctor) is on a member of German Royal Family.

[marcos cidade]

Thanks a lot for posting these images, W Petz. There must be several types and formats of death cards.

Interesting to see the cards issued near the end of war

[marcos cidade]

Just to complete the previous message:

On post #12 there is a card which tells that the burial will be held on 1949, isn't it ?

Good deal you've made, thousands of cards for a FJ helmet .

Best regards

[W Petz]

Marcos,

You are absolutely correct the date is 1949...post-war Death Card that I mistakenly added. I thought I made a Great deal as well considering I was picking up Death Cards at 50 pfennings to a mark each when I first started collecting them. Thanks! - Bill

[Folkert D.]

Folkert.

The SS, HG, and Grossdeutschland all had a Leibstandarte (Honor Guard) established in Berlin He was probably a member at one time. Remember the families had these printed up through private printing sources so information that they believe correct may be outdated when the family provides it to the printers. That is why sometimes you see photos of the Soldier in civilian clothes or in RAD or party uniform...they might not have anything else to provide.

Bill, (I hope this is okay?)

many thanks for your reply!


Just to clarify my intention: I certainly did not want to "protest" the placement of the Leibstandarte as his active unit at the time of his death on the death card, but I simply had no idea about the existence of a Leibstandarte for HG (and GD), so I really wondered what kind of unit that might be.

Thanks to your info I've now learned another interesting detail on HG.


Folkert

[Folkert D.]

Oops!

Forgot to add:

Thanks for those amazing deathcards! (This goes of course for everyone who showed something from his collection here. )


Folkert (who had really no idea about Deathcards before he came to these forums)

[Si1964]

Hi Everyone, interesting thread, so I thought I would throw a couple in, I haven't many left these days as I have sold most on ebay

Bill, I didn't realise you still had so many left, I do wonder sometimes where you must sleep at night ....you're not a bat are you????

Just to show the number for each card printed, the next two is not a posting error, but two cards I have for the same soldier

[Si1964]

Although taken at slightly different angles you can see a slight difference in photo size

[Si1964]

no photo but explains his death

[Si1964]

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[Si1964]

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