Wolff von Stutterheim (17 February 1893 – 3 December 1940) was a

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''. Stutterheim was born in

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, Germany. He came from an old military family which produced several generals and seven knights of the order

Pour le Mérite The ' (; , ) is an order of merit (german: Verdienstorden) established in 1740 by Frederick the Great, King Frederick II of Prussia. The was awarded as both a military and civil honour and ranked, along with the Order of the Black Eagle, the Or ...

. Eleven members of his family fell in action during

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, including his father and two of his uncles. He was awarded the Pour le Mérite during World War I and the

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (german: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes), or simply the Knight's Cross (), and its variants, were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight' ...

during

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. Von Stutterheim was severely wounded in aerial combat over France while commanding

Kampfgeschwader 77 ''Kampfgeschwader 77'' (KG 77) was a Luftwaffe bomber wing during World War II. Its units participated on all of the major fronts in the European Theatre until its dissolution in 1944. It operated all three of the major German bomber types; the ...

on 15 June 1940. He died from his wounds in a

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hospital on 3 December 1940.

Awards

(27 August 1918) * Knight of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords (31 October 1916) *

Iron Cross The Iron Cross (german: link=no, Eisernes Kreuz, , abbreviated EK) was a military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire (1871–1918) and Nazi Germany (1933–1945). King Frederick William III of Prussia est ...

2nd and 1st Class in February 1915 *

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in Gold * Clasp to the Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class *

(4 July 1940)

References

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