German WWII Award Document & Medal Grouping, Possible KIA
This item is listed for historical interest only. It was listed on our site previously but has been sold and is no longer available for purchase.
Sold for: $395.00

Original era manufacture. An interesting grouping consisting of three award documents and their corresponding medal, awarded to Obergefreiter Gustav Boff of 10./Art.Rgt.98 (45th Infantry Division) in 1942 and 1943. The documents and medals consist of ; Iron Cross 2nd Class (signed by Division Commander Major-General Kuhlwein), Eastern Front Medal and Black Wound Badge. Also included is a shipping box with stamps affixed, addressed to Familie Boff in Germany. The 45th Division was a former Austrian Army division absorbed into the Wehrmacht in 1938. It served in Poland, France and in the Soviet Union. The remnants of the division surrendered in Czechoslovakia in 1945.