WW2 GERMAN NCO DEATH CARD STERBEBILD - IRON CROSS 1st - KIA ISJUM 1943

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WW2 GERMAN NCO DEATH CARD STERBEBILD - IRON CROSS 1st - KIA ISJUM 1943:
$3.60

WW2 GERMAN NCO DEATH CARD STERBEBILD - IRON CROSS 1st - KIA ISJUM 1943 Original WW2 German Sterbebild Death Prayer Memorial Remembrance Card

for Army Unteroffizier Karl Wirth, Grenadier Regiment.

Was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class, Iron Cross 2nd Class and other bravery medals.

Participated in the campaigns in Poland, France, the Balkans, Russia.

Killed 17 August 1943, south of Isjum. He was 30.

Nice uniform photo as an NCO wearing the Iron Cross ribbon.

Double page single sided card measures about 4.5 x 6 inches. Back of card has helmet and cross.

Excellent condition.

Includes a German Graves Office slip listing him as being killed at an altitude of 185, south of Isjum and buried in Charkow, Ukraine.

Prayer cards are a Roman Catholic tradition. They are given to those who attend the funeral and sent to those unable to attend as a remembrance. Multiples were printed. You often find them in a carried condition as it was common to place them in a Bible or a wallet. In German, they are called Sterbebilder.
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