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Max Augenthaler

abt 1876 (computed from age at death) – 2 September 1914

Died 2 September 1914 · fell in France

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

German Death Card

Date of death

2 September 1914

Date of birth

abt 1876 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

38 years

Place of death

France

The german death card

From the funeral card

Zum frommen Andenken im Gebete

an den ehrengeachteten

Herrn Max Augenthaler,

Gütler in Hebhäuser[?],

Landwehrmann im K. B. Landw.-Inf.-Regt. Nr. 2,

6. Kompagnie,

welcher am 2. September 1914 bei Evaux[?] in Frankreich im Alter von 38 Jahren den Heldentod fürs Vaterland starb.

Er ruhe im Frieden!

Ehre seinem Andenken!

German card text transcribed from the card photograph. The scan is low-resolution: his home village and the French place name are uncertain readings (marked [?]), and the printer's line at the bottom is illegible. An English translation is given in the research notes below.

Contributor's notes & card translation

Herrn Max Augenthaler, died 1914.

English translation of the card text: "In pious remembrance in prayer of the honourable Herr Max Augenthaler, smallholder in Hebhäuser[?], Landwehrmann in the Royal Bavarian Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 2, 6th Company, who died a hero's death for the Fatherland on 2 September 1914 near Evaux[?] in France, at the age of 38. May he rest in peace! Honour to his memory!" These small prayer cards (Sterbebilder) were given to family and friends in the Roman Catholic tradition.

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Source & citation

Source type
Photograph & transcription
Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
Transcribed by
Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-07-02
Permalink
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Image vs transcription
Both — photograph of the card and a transcription of its German text on this page

Citation: "German death card (Sterbebild) of Max Augenthaler, Landwehrmann of the Royal Bavarian Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 2, fell 2 September 1914 in France," photographed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/funeral-cards/augenthaler-max-1914/ : accessed [your access date]).

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