Battle Damaged 1939 Knight's Cross.

[ChrisKelly]

Luftwaffe Major Wolf Werner Graf von der Schulenburg, Knight's Cross awarded 20 June 1943. Killed at St. James, France on 14 July 1944, as commander, Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 13, 5. Fallschirmjäger-Division, in combat against American forces.  Posthumously promoted Oberstleutnant der Reserve on 23 July 1944, with date of rank effective 1 July 1944.

 

Ironic, as several members of his family were executed for their role in the July 1944 attempted assasination of Adolf Hitler.

 

Source:

 

https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/48117/Schulenburg-Graf-von-der-Wolf-Werner.htm

 

https://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/dba/en/search/?yearfrom=1933&yearto=1945&query=wolf schulenburg

 

https://de-academic.com/dic.nsf/dewiki/1523635

 

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-iron-cross/