A German Day Of Mourning Card; First War Soldiers Newly Listed and the phrase "BUR GRINNERUNG

and the phrase "BUR GRINNERUNG AN MEINE DIENLFZEIT" surrounded by an oakleaf design

bronze wash mostly gone otherwise good very fine

They trained in the Avro Anson at one of ten schools scattered across Canada

overall in fine condition

A descendent of an old Lower Saxon lineage

A German Day Of Mourning Card; First War Soldiers Newly Listed and the phrase "BUR GRINNERUNGA Day of Commemoration of Heroes card, 14. 9 x 10. 4 cm. Date of item: Period of Nazi Germany. Condition: good, signs of aging, slight rip. A card celebrating the Heldengedenktag (Day of Commemoration of Heroes). It was first instituted as Volkstrauertag (Peoples Mourning Day) during the Weimar Republic, in memory of the fallen soldiers in WWI. It was supposed to be observed quietly and respectfully. The Nazis gave it a new name and a new meaning,