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German Death Card · primary-source record

Joseph Peisl

abt 1893 (computed from age at death) – 18 June 1918

Died 18 June 1918 · died in Romania

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

German Death Card

Date of death

18 June 1918

Date of birth

abt 1893 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

25 years (im 26. Lebensjahre)

Place of death

Rumänien [?] (Romania)

The german death card

From the funeral card

Zum frommen Andenken im Gebete

an den tugendsamen [?] Jüngling

Joseph Peisl

Bauerssohn von [illegible],

Soldat beim Landsturm-Inf.-Bat.

Würzburg [?], 2. Kompagnie,

Inhaber des Eisernen Kreuzes,

welcher am 18. [?] Juni [?] 1918 [?] im 26.

Lebensjahre in Rumänien [?] infolge

eines Unglücksfalles [?] den Heldentod [?]

gestorben ist.

R. I. P.

[illegible — verse of about ten lines]

Barmherziger Jesus, gib ihm die ewige Ruhe [?].

M. [illegible], Landshut [?]

German card text transcribed from the card photograph; the scan is low-resolution and uncertain readings are marked [?]. The photograph holds two different cards — this record covers the first (Joseph Peisl); Georg Beintmeier's card is a separate record. An English translation is given in the research notes below. Sources differ on the given name: the card reads "Joseph", while the contributor's notes below record "Josef". This record follows the card reading; both readings are preserved.

Contributor's notes & card translation

Josef Peisl and Georg Beintmeier

English translation of the card text: In pious remembrance in prayer of the virtuous young man Joseph Peisl, farmer's son of [illegible], soldier in the Landsturm Infantry Battalion Würzburg [reading uncertain], 2nd Company, holder of the Iron Cross, who died a hero's death on 18 June 1918 [reading uncertain] in his 26th year of life in Romania as the result of an accident. R.I.P. [A devotional verse of about ten lines follows, illegible in this scan.] Merciful Jesus, give him eternal rest. These small prayer cards (Sterbebilder) were given to family and friends in the Roman Catholic tradition.

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Source & citation

Source type
Original photograph (multi-name plate)
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 — one photograph holding two death cards (Peisl and Beintmeier) and a transcription of Peisl's German text on this page

Citation: "German death card (Sterbebild) of Joseph Peisl, soldier of the Landsturm Infantry Battalion Würzburg, died 18 June 1918 in Romania," photographed (together with Georg Beintmeier's card) and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/funeral-cards/peisl-joseph-1918/ : accessed [your access date]).

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