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    Gentlemen, this is what I have for Wilhelm Ludwig Erich Felix von Tschischwitz, any additions or corrections, as always, very welcome:

     

    22 March 1889 Sekondeleutnant (2nd Lieutenant)

    1 September 1896 Premierleutnant (1st Lieutenant)

    22 March 1902 Hauptmann (Captain)

    10 September 1908 Major

    19 August 1914 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel)

    18 April 1917 Oberst (Colonel)

    1 April 1921 Generalmajor

    1 February 1923 Generalleutnant

    1 November 1927 General der Infanterie

     

    Prussian Centenary Medal 1897 (Zentenarmedaille)

    Red Eagle Order (Roter Adlerorden), 4th Class with the Crown

    ... 4th Class as of Rank Seniority List 1910

    ... Crown as of Rank Seniority List 1911

    Prussian Order of the Crown (Preußischer Kronenorden), 3rd Class

    Bavarian Military Merit Order, 4th Class with the Crown (BMV4mKr)

    Prussian Long Service Cross for 25 years (Königlich Preußisches Dienstauszeichnungskreuz; DA)

    Iron Cross (1914), 2nd and 1st Class

    ... 2nd Class on 11 September 1914

    ... 1st Class on 10 October 1914

    Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg (HH)

    Hanseatic Cross of Lübeck (LübH/LüH)

    Military Merit Cross (Großherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Militärverdienstkreuz), 2nd Class (MMV2/MK2)

    Friedrichs-Orden, Commander's Cross (Kommenturkreuz), 2nd Class with Swords (WF2b⚔)

    Saxon Albrechts-Orden, Officer's Cross with Swords (SA3⚔)

    Bavarian Military Merit Order, Officer's Cross with Swords (BMV.O⚔/BM.O⚔)

    Order of the Iron Crown (Austria), 3rd Class with the War Decoration (ÖEK3K/ÖE3K)

    Military Merit Cross (Austria-Hungary), 3rd Class with the War Decoration (ÖM3K)

    House Order of Hohenzollern, Knight's Cross with Swords (HOH3⚔)

    Prussian Order of the Crown, 2nd Class with Swords (PKO2⚔)

    Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves

    ... Pour le Mérite on 9 November 1917

    ... Oak Leaves on 23 March 1918

    Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer

     

     

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