During World War I he served as an officer with an infantry regiment until 1916 when he was badly wounded . In December 1914 he was awarded the Iron Cross . He returned to the German diplomatic service in the Ottoman Empire ( 1914 – 1916 ) , where he witnessed the Armenian Genocide . In 1917 he temporarily quit the diplomatic service to succeed his uncle Julius von Soden as head of the royal Württemberg government
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Konstantin von Neurath