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Name
  
Wolff Stutterheim

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Died
  
December 3, 1940, Berlin, Germany

Wolff von Stutterheim (17 February 1893 - 3 December 1940) was a German Generalmajor.

Stutterheim was born in Konigsberg, Germany. He came from an old military family which produced several generals and seven knights of the order Pour le Merite. Eleven members of his family fell in action during World War I, including his father and two of his uncles.

He was awarded the Pour le Merite during World War I and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II.

von Stutterheim was severely wounded in aerial combat over France while commanding Kampfgeschwader 77 on 15 June 1940. He died from his wounds in a Berlin hospital on 3 December 1940.

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st Class
  • House Order of Hohenzollern with Knight's Cross and Swords
  • Pour le Merite (27 August 1918)
  • Wound Badge (1918) in Gold
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
  • Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 3rd Class
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (4 July 1940)

    • References

    Wolff von Stutterheim Wikipedia
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