Oberst Friedrich Wilhelm von Lindeiner genannt von Wildau

[Deutschritter]

Gentlemen, this is what I have for Friedrich Wilhelm Franz Max Erdmann Gustav von Lindeiner genannt von Wildau (1880–1963), I hope, someone can help complete the decorations and maybe have a date for his promotion to Oberstleutnant. Thanks! 

 

15 March 1898 Sekondeleutnant (2nd Lieutenant)

1 August 1908 Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) with Patent from 19 May 1907

20 July 1912 Hauptmann (Captain)

15 July 1918 Major

c. 1940 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel)

1 April 1942 Oberst (Colonel)

 

Prussian Order of the Crown (Preußischer Kronenorden), 4th Class with Swords

Colonial Medal (Kolonial-Denkmünze Deutsch-Ostafrika 1905/07)

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

Princely House Order of Hohenzollern (Fürstlich Hohenzollern'sches Ehrenzeichen), Cross of Honour III. Class (HEK3)

Saxe-Ernestine House Order (Herzoglich Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden), Knights Cross 1st Class with Swords (HSEH3a⚔/HSH3a⚔/EH3a⚔) on 1 May 1918 as Captain in the 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß and Adjutant of the Governor of Riga and Dünamünde

Wound Badge (Verwundetenabzeichen 1918) in Mattweiß (Silver)

Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer on 31 October 1934

Sudetenland Medal (Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938)

Repetition Clasp 1939 to the Iron Cross 1914, 2nd Class

War Merit Cross (1939), 2nd and 1st Class with Swords

 

 

[VtwinVince]

Of course a very interesting personality, especially in connection with Stalag Luft III.

[Deutschritter]

Absolutely, and his son-in-law was Colonel Albrecht Erich Eberhard Friedrich von Warburg (1903–1945), married to his daughter Elisabeth Charlotte "Liselotte" Adolphine Friederike Lindeiner genannt von Wildau (1911–1980).

Edited December 30, 2023 by Deutschritter