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    Hi,

    Christophe and Glenn very kindly posted 2 pictures of this Tannenberg General der Infanterie here: http://gmic.co.uk/in...__1#entry304553

    Can anyone please provide a list of his other decorations and a bio of him. This is the little info I have:

    Born: 12 July 1861 in Lübben

    Died: 5 December 1945 in Potsdam

    Promotions:

    Fahnenjunker: 8 Apr 1882

    Sekondeleutnant:

    Premierleutnant:

    Hauptmann:

    Major:

    Oberstleutnant:

    Oberst:

    Generalmajor:

    Generalleutnant:

    Char. General der Infanterie: 27 Aug 1939

    Commands:

    8 Feb 1918 - 2 Jan 1919: Kommandeur der 3. Garde-Infanterie-Division

    2 Jan 1919 - 18 Oct 1919: Kommandeur der 115. Infanterie-Division

    18 Oct 1919 - 18 May 1920:

    18 May 1920 - 30 Sep 1920: Kommandeur der 4. Reichswehr-Brigade

    30 Sep 1920 - 31 Dec 1920:

    31 Dec 1920: Retired

    Very best regards,

    VJK

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    Many thanks as always, Glenn, for your very much appreciated assistance!

    Just to trouble you a little further, I'm not familiar with some of the medal abbreviations. This is what I have been able to decipher from your list:

    Pour le Mérite

    Kgl. Preuss. Roter Adler-Orden II. Klasse mit Schwertern

    Kgl. Preuss. Roter Adler-Orden IV. Klasse mit der Krone

    Preußischer Kronenorden II. Klasse mit Schwertern

    Ritterkreuz des Königlich Preußischen Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern

    Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse

    DA

    SWA

    Ritterkreuz I. Klasse des Grossherzoglich-Badischen Ordens vom Zähringer Löwen

    MG2c

    OV2bX - Oldenburgischen Haus- und Verdienstordens des Herzog Peter Friedrich Ludwig ??

    Ritterkreuz I. Klasse des Oldenburgischen Haus- und Verdienstordens des Herzog Peter Friedrich Ludwig

    Grossherzoglich Oldenburgisches Friedrich August Kreuz I Klasse

    REKj1

    Komturkreuz II Klasse des Sachsen Ernestinischer Hausorden mit Schwertern

    Komturkreuz II Klasse des Sachsen Ernestinischer Hausorden

    CbgVM

    SMK

    k.u.k. Österreichisches Orden der Eisernen Krone III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration

    Very best regards,

    Valdis

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