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Ah ok,

Like I say, someone looked for me (a while ago) and couldn’t find any information, maybe they update it every so often as original records are digitised.

Thanks for looking hucks.

Hello everyone,

A quick update on this thread,

It appears his cause of death was A.G.K - Artillerie Geschoß Kopf.

I know ancestry has these records too, but Johann didn’t show up when...

Great story! It’s just a shame some people break groups for profit.

Totenzettel - Sterbebilder - Memoriam Cards

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...

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?

Hi hucks, massively overdue but here are the photos of the units he served (to see if he was entitled to the Ostmedaille)

Thanks NH, yeah I have no doubt that the Stalingrad shield is fake for sure! I do think the death card entry to Johann was a mistake by the family or printer to maybe ease the pain. E.g. He was a...

Hello everyone,

After I posted that I had Johann bretzendorfers wehrpass, I was contacted and offered the death card (which I bought from a very, very nice chap!) so I thought I would post a photo...

Sorry about the images, first time posting here and from my good lady's iPad....

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I have the wehrpass that belonged to Johann bretzendofer.

He stated out with 1./San.Ers.Abt.7 (Muchen) 4.10.40 and was killed in action with 6./Gren.Rgt.673 of 376 Inf.Div 22.11.43.

He served...