A sad & evocative
World War Two German
Kriegsmarine
Im Memorium Death Card
(Sterbebild)
for
Matrosen-Gefreiten
Karl-Heinz Koch
crew-man aboard
Unterseeboot U-756
Commanded by
Kapitanleutnant Klaus Harney
and part of the
6th U-boot Flottilla
based at Wilhelmshaven,
U-756 was a Type VIIC submarine that
was lost just 18 days into its first deployment.
Depth-charged by a Canadian Corvette
HMCS Morden
in the North Atlantic on September 3rd 1942,
all 43 crew members tragically went down with the submarine.
Gefreiter Karl-Heinz Koch
is remembered on the
Kriegsmarine's
U-boot Ehrenmal
at Moeltenort in Kiel
A 'double card' death card
measuring approx 6" x 4.5" and in good condition,
it features Karl-Heinz in his
'Donald Duck' Tellermutze & Reefer Jacket,
and is a sad but impressive wee document from the
Second World War German Home Front...
(Photos courtesy of the Tomahawk Films WW-II German Archive)
Thanks for looking..!