WW2 GERMAN PIONIER DEATH CARD STERBEBILD - FINLAND FRONT KARELIEN AUGUST 1942

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WW2 GERMAN PIONIER DEATH CARD STERBEBILD - FINLAND FRONT KARELIEN AUGUST 1942:
$3.55

WW2 GERMAN PIONIER DEATH CARD STERBEBILD - FINLAND FRONT KARELIEN AUGUST 1942 Original WW2 German Sterbebild Death Prayer Memorial Remembrance Cardfor ArmyObergefreiter Josef Obermeier, Pionier unit. Farmer’s son from Atzlern.

Died in the field hospital 18 August 1942, of a difficult wound on the Finnish Front in Karelien. He was 23.

Nice uniform photo with M43 cap.

Single page single sided card measures about 2.5 x 4.5 inches. Back of card has St George.

In carried condition.

Includes a German Graves Office slip listing him as being killed in Kiestinki and buried in Sala, Russia.

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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