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Böge, Willi

Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Unit:
7. / Infanterie-Regiment 490 / 269.Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
July 10th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Unit:
7. / II. / Infanterie-Regiment 490
Awarded on:
October 30th, 1940
Received for a single wound inflicted on 25th May 1940.
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Unit:
7. / Infanterie-Regiment 490
Awarded on:
April 17th, 1941
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel
Unit:
10. / Infanterie-Regiment 490 / 269.Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
July 18th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel
Unit:
Zugführer III. / Infanterie-Regiment 490
Awarded on:
December 19th, 1941

Date according to the Vorläufiges Besitzzeugnis, the Verleihungsurkunde is dated on 21st December 1941.
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
3. / Grenadier-Regiment 376
Awarded on:
January 18th, 1944
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber
Received for a single wound inflicted on 16th September 1943.

Sources

  • Photo 1: Hans-Peter Rackete
  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X

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