The bravery medals of a German army officer who was executed for his role in the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler are being put up for sale.
Commander Ludwig von Leonrod was court-martialled and hanged in August 1944 following the unsuccessful attempt to blow up the evil Nazi dictator.
The plot, codenamed Operation Valkyrie, involved members of the German military who were horrified by what their country had become under the Fuhrer.
On July 20, 1944, one officer - Claus von Stauffenberg, played by Tom Cruise in the 2008 film Valkyrie - left a bomb under a table at a military conference Hitler was hosting at his Wolf's Lair base in Poland.
Ludwig von Leonrod who was in Cavalry Regiment 17 alongside fellow Operation Valkyrie plotter Colonel Count Claus von Stauffenberg
Claus von Stauffenberg (right) placed a bomb in a brief case under a table during a conference Adolf Hitler (left) was hosting at his Wolf's Lair base in Poland
Although the brief case device went off and killed four people, Hitler survived as only one of the bombs was armed.
After von Stauffenberg placed the brief case under the conference table it was moved behind a solid oak table leg, which shielded Hitler from the blast.
Von Stauffenberg lost his left eye, his right hand, and two fingers on his left hand during tank fighting in north Africa, which made his attempts to arm the bombs harder.
Von Leonrod was a liaison officer for the Nazi resistance unit but was not actively involved in the July 20 coup.
But he had prior knowledge of the plot as his old friend, von Stauffenberg, had tried to get him to participate in the killing.
On the day of the assassination attempt, von Ludwig was on a training course in Berlin and was arrested the next day.
A silver breast eagle pin, with a four-part orders clasp with the Iron Cross 1939 and the Wehrmacht Long Service awards for 12 and 4 years and the West Wall medal awarded to Ludwig von Leonrod
Von Leonrod's medals include the Iron Cross and decorations for long service and are now being sold
