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German officer and Knight's Cross recipient
Friedrich Böhme
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German officer and Knight's Cross recipient
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Place of birth
Varel
Death
21 September 1984 (aged 85 years)
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Place of death
Glücksburg
Age
85 years
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Biography
Friedrich Böhme (8 May 1899 – 6 December 1989) was a highly decorated Kapitän zur See (naval captain) in the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Friedrich Böhme was captured by American troops in 1945 and handed over to British forces. He was released in 1948.
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
- Destroyer War Badge
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (12 January 1940)
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 1st Class (3 June 1940)
- Wound Badge (1939)
- in Black
- Narvik Shield
- German Cross in Gold on 25 March 1942 as Fregattenkapitän on destroyer Z-23 in the 8. Zerstörer-Flottille
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 26 August 1944 as Kapitän zur See and Einsatzleiter der Marine-Kleinkampfmittel in Frankreich
- ^ Dörr 1995, p. 61.
- Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 49.
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 117
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