Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Adolf Strauß. Generaloberst Adolf Strauß (06.09.1879 in Schermcke † 20.03.1973 in Lübeck) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on October 27, 1939 as General der Infanterie und Kommandierender General of the II. Armeekorps.