Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Iron Cross II. Class, Schinkel-Form Lug Variant GTRexclude with two rows of red

with two rows of red piping: one along the top edge and one butting the top of the red wool band that runs around the circumference

Böhmer was wounded by shrapnel and remained away from the front until May 1942

A passing through certificate (Durchlasschein)

shortly after 0800 hours

Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Iron Cross II. Class, Schinkel-Form Lug Variant GTRexclude with two rows of red(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A textbook example of a Schinkel Form Lug Iron Cross 1939 Second Class. Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its full size period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse