U-Boat commander Wilhelm Cranz grouping

U-Boat commander Wilhelm Cranz grouping. Rare grouping to the KIA commander of U-398 Leutnant zur See Wilhelm Cranz. Cranz was awarded the Ek2, Ek1, U-boat badge and Front clasp. Wilhelm Cranz sailed on his first patrol as commander when he took his type VIIC boat U-398 out from Horten, Norway on 14 April 1945 (Busch & Röll, 1997). His boat went missing on or after 17 April in the North Sea (Niestlé, 1998). He would have been 30 years old few days later. (https://uboat.net/men/commanders/177.html)

Has never been in a collection before and came to the market through the family not so long ago.

Grouping consists off:
1. Iron cross 2nd class award certificate
2. Iron cross 1st class award certificate
3. His Luftwaffe Soldbuch from his time with a LW bau unit, barely any entrees.
5. His watch.
6. EK2 in excellent condition
7. A few photo`s including one of him with his father who received the spanish cross in silver without swords and designed torpedo’s for the Luftwaffe.
8. Additional paperwork from his time at the Kriegsmarine schools.

Rare grouping to U-boat commander that was killed in action on the 17th of april.