"Only God Knows" Memento Mori Photos

[Guest Rick Research]

My friend Fran?ois sent me this today, and I thought it might be the start of a nice thread on memorial photos.

The oval photo in the center is larger than postcard size, with elegant gold ink calligraphy spelling out

"Es ist bestimmt in Gottes Rat, das man vom Liebsten was man hat: Musz scheiden!

Heinrich Kohlmeyer

geb. d. 17 M?rz 1892

f?rs Vaterland den Heldentod

gestorben am 24. September

1914"

[Tony]

Here?s a rather large framed picture which I had to stand a long way from when taking a photo so please excuse the quality.

It is really a charcoal drawing probably taken from a photo and is showing Gustav Brandt wearing his Iron Cross 2nd class which was more than likely awarded posthumously.

The bottom reads:

Fell on the field of honour, Gustav Brandt died from his wounds 5.12.14 in N?rnberg. Rest in peace.

He has the number 36 on his pickelhaube cover so maybe someone knows where they were serving in 1914.

Tony

Edited June 11, 2005 by Tony

[Ralph A]

I've no photos as such - but in the interest of furthering the thread, I do have this:

[notned]

Hi Ralph,

More please! that is a fantastic relic from that period! WOW!

Does this book have more pages??

Regards from Aoteroa

Paul

[Ralph A]

No, no more pages. That's the whole thing. Thanks!