The gates of hell were opened and we accepted the invitation to enter" 26/880 Lance Sgt, Edward Dyke. 26th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers , ( 3rd Tyneside Irish )
1st July 1916
Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener,
Courage the greater as our strength faileth.
Here lies our leader ,in the dust of his greatness.
Who leaves him now , be damned forever.
We who are old now shall not leave this Battle,
But lie at his feet , in the dust with our leader
House Carles at the Battle of Hastings
Hi hucks, massively overdue but here are the photos of the units he served (to see if he was entitled to the Ostmedaille)
It looks like he was in Germany for the qualifying period for the Ostmedaille so wasn't entitled to it.
Thanks for the super quick reply! So it looks like the death card was embellished by the family/printer after all.
Have you seen examples where awards have been added to death cards before?
Congrats, great set you have there! Take good care of them. Its almost a wonder these two have found back together after such a long time.
That's awesome that you were able to unite the two items. A while back I bought a named Luftwaffe Oberstleutnant's tunic and a collector friend informed me that a photo album belonging to this man was for sale on a dealer site. It was a going-away present from the officers of his staff when he transferred out of that unit. You can bet I bought it.
Todd
Former U.S. Army Tanker.
"Best job I ever had."
Thanks Adravor,
I have had the Wehrpass for over 20years now and I was so happy when I was offered the death card. There was an identical example on eBay but that was quite a while ago so you never know it might resurface at some point.
An interesting thing happened too, while I was looking on the net for death cards I came across an amazing website dedicated to them, and low and behold there is a death card (which I and the person who runs the website) are certain belongs to his brother.
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