A German Day Of Mourning Card; First War Soldiers Hold American Defense Service Medal with

American Defense Service Medal with Bronze Star and American Campaign Medal

and a public referendum on bilingualism

on a 48 mm pin)

Postcard of Northleach War Memorial with Walters name inscribed

and became a Petty Officer in 1914

A German Day Of Mourning Card; First War Soldiers Hold American Defense Service Medal withA 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,