DEATH NOTICES TO FAMILY OF SOLDIER KILLED IN RUSSIA, SHOOTING TARGETS, OTHER PAPERS

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 November 2011 10:36 Written by External Post Thursday, 17 November 2011 10:36

1933 certificate from boy`s school to young man who swam 300 meters, free style. Four letters, dated 1943, announcing to his family that this same young man, an Unterscharführer in the Waffen-SS has died in a military hospital after being wounded by artillery fire on the Russian front. Includes a list of his property, armband, wallet, tobacco pipe, assault badge with document, ring, knife, etc that was returned to his family. 3 color animal targets, two named to this man, who shot them at 150 meters while a police cadet in 1940. Photo of young man with police insignia to his cap. 1940-1942 letters from man to his sister. Cover for chamber of commerce member ID. Unit photo of this man`s police squad. Newspaper death notices. A reminder of the human cost of war.
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