Interesting WW2 German Luftwaffe Document which is Signed by Luftwaffe General Gunther Korten who Di

Interesting WW2 German Luftwaffe Document which is Signed by Luftwaffe General Gunther Korten who Died of Wounds After the Failed Assassination Attempt on Adolf Hitler known as the 20th July Bomb Plot, the partially printed and typescript document relates to the recommendation for the award of the War Service Cross 1st class with swords for Major Heinrich Golcher and Major Walter Kienitz. The document is signed first by Luftwaffe Oberst Rudolf Wodarg and then underneath signed by Korten. The document has punch holes to the side. Accompanied by a signature from a cut document signed by Luftwaffe General Karl Koller, the last chief of the General Staff of the Luftwaffe. Gunther Korten was born on 26th July 1898 in Cologne. At the outbreak of WW1 he was a cadet in the Prussian army. He served throughout the war in a engineering battalion of the Prussian army. He remained in the army in the post war years. He joined the Luftwaffe in 1934. He served as an administration officer before joining the general staff. He rose through the ranks of the Luftwaffe, on the 25th August 1943 he accepted the position of Chief of the General Staff of the Luftwaffe after General Hans Jeschonnek committed suicide. Korsten was present at the Wolf’s Lair, when on 20th July 1944, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg planted a bomb in a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Korsten was seriously wounded in the blast and died of his wounds two days later on the 22nd July 1944. He was posthumously promoted to Colonel-General. He held many awards including the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross and he was posthumously awarded the 20th July Wound Badge. Karl Koller was born in Glonn, Bavaria on 22nd February 1898. He served in the Bavarian army during WW1 before transferring to the Air Service where he qualified as a pilot. He flew operationally before being captured by the British and taken as a POW. Koller joined the Luftwaffe in 1935. Koller served in administration and staff roles and was highly rated by Adolf Hitler. He rose steadily through the ranks of the Luftwaffe. In 1945, Koller was present at the final birthday celebration of Adolf Hitler in the Fuhrer Bunker. He remained in Berlin until he was ordered to fly out to Obersalzburg to inform Goring of Adolf Hitlers plan to remain in Berlin and commit suicide. He was taken into custody by US forces on 7th May 1945 at Castle Fischhorn at Zell am See.