Bio of Generalmajor z.V. Theodor Ertel

Generalmajor Theodor Ertel
Born: 04 Dec 1874 in Wörth, Rhineland
Died: 13 Apr 1961 in Munich (München)

Promotions:
Unteroffizier (01 Dec 1893); Fähnrich (23 Jan 1894); Sekondeleutnant (05 Mar 1895); umernannt zum Leutnant (01 Jan 1899); Oberleutnant (26 Dec 1900); Hauptmann (25 Aug 1907); Major (30 Nov 1914); Charakter als Oberstleutnant (28 Sep 1919); Charakter als Oberstleutnant a.D. (01 Oct 1933); Oberst a.D. (15 May 1934); Oberst (E) (05 Mar 1935); Oberst z.V. (11 Nov 1938); Generalmajor z.V. (15 Oct 1941)

Career:
Entered Army Service (18 Jul 1893)
Volunteer and Officer-Aspirant in the 2nd Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Regiment (18 Jul 1883-13 Nov 1903)
Detached to Artillery and Engineer School (01 Oct 1896-30 Sep 1898)
Adjutant of the II. Battalion of the 2nd Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1898-01 Sep 1900)
Detached to the Bavarian War Academy (01 Oct 1900-30 Sep 1903)
Adjutant of the Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Brigade (13 Nov 1903-25 Aug 1907)
Company-Chief in the 2nd Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Regiment (25 Aug 1907-18 Dec 1910)
Transferred into the Bavarian War Ministry (18 Dec 1910-08 Sep 1914)
Commander of the 6th Bavarian Reserve-Foot-Artillery-Regiment (08 Sep 1914-08 Dec 1915)
Commander of the IV. Battalion of the 1st Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Regiment (08 Dec 1915-20 Mar 1916)
Detached to the Staff of the General Of Foot-Artillery 13 (20 Mar 1916-29 Jul 1916)
Detached to Army-Group Gallwitz (29 Jul 1916-30 Aug 1916)
Detached to the Staff of the Bavarian General Of Foot-Artillery 2 (30 Aug 1916-25 Feb 1917)
Staff-Officer of Artillery with the Staff of the X. Army-Corps (25 Feb 1917-15 Aug 1917)
Detached to 7th Course for Staff-Officers with the Artillery-Survey-School in Wahn (04 Jul 1917-12 Jul 1917)
Detached for use as a Staff-Officer of Artillery with the High-Command of Army-Detachment B (25 Jul 1917-15 Aug 1917)
Artillery-Advisor of Group Vaux and Ornes with the General-Command XI, later V. Reserve-Corps (15 Aug 1917-12 Oct 1917)
Commander of the 2nd Bavarian Reserve-Foot-Artillery-Regiment (12 Oct 1917-18 Jan 1919)
Transferred back into the 2nd Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Regiment (18 Jan 1919-17 Feb 1919)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 1st Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Regiment (17 Feb 1919-11 Jul 1919)
Retired (11 Jul 1919)
Studies of Law and Political Sciences at the University of Munich (01 Apr 1919-31 Mar 1922)
At the same time, Employed with Inspection South of Reichs Commissaries for Imports & Export Supervision (15 Dec 1919-01 Apr 1922)
Director of the Administration-Department of Exhibition-Contractor Münchener Edelmesse (01 Apr 1922-01 Sep 1923)
Advisor with the Direction of Stock Administration with Military-District-Command VII (01 Sep 1923-01 Oct 1925)
Director of the Equipment-Stock-Administration with Military-District-Command VII (01 Oct 1925-01 Oct 1933)
Employed by the Army (01 Sep 1933); Territorial-Officer (01 Oct 1933); Supplemental-Officer (05 Mar 1935)
With the Staff of Military-District-Command VII (01 Oct 1933-22 Dec 1934)
Detached to Field-Equipment-Administration VII (22 Dec 1934-01 Jan 1935)
Director of Field-Equipment-Administration VII (01 Jan 1935-21 Dec 1937)
At the same time, Director of Army-Field-Equipment-Group 3 (01 Jan 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Retired (31 Dec 1937)
Placed to Disposal (Army) (11 Nov 1938)
Called Up to Field-Equipment-Command VII (22 Sep 1939-01 Oct 1939)
Commander of Field-Equipment-Command VII (01 Oct 1939-10 Jan 1943)
Führer-Reserve, Military-District-Command VII (10 Jan 1943-31 Mar 1943)
Retired (31 Mar 1943)

Awards & Decorations:
Ritterkreuz des königlichen Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern (22 Apr 1918)
1914 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
1914 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnungen mit Eichenlaub (40 jahre)

Source :
http://www.geocities.ws/orion47.geo/WEHRMACHT/HEER/Generalmajor/ERTEL_THEODOR.html
https://gmic.co.uk/topic/76875-ribbon-bar-long-service-for-40-years/

Bio of Generalmajor z.V. Karl Hausser

Generalmajor Karl Hausser
Born: 11 Feb 1875 in Oberkirchberg, District Ulm
Died: 30 Nov 1943 in Göppingen

Promotions:
Fähnrich (16 Jun 1894); Sekondeleutnant (27 Jan 1895); Oberleutnant (25 Feb 1904); Hauptmann (13 Sep 1911); Major (27 Jan 1918); Oberstleutnant (01 May 1923); Oberst (01 Mar 1928); Generalmajor z.V. (01 Oct 1941)

Career:
Entered Army Service (16 Oct 1893)
Fahnenjunker in the 123rd Grenadier-Regiment (16 Oct 1893-01 Oct 1911)
Company-Chief in the 123rd Grenadier-Regiment (01 Oct 1911-Autumn 1914)
Battalion-Commander in the 123rd Grenadier-Regiment (Autumn 1914-19 Sep 1916)
Staff-Offizer of MG-Troops with Army High Command 4 (19 Sep 1916-10 Dec 1918)
With the Replacement-Battalion of the 123rd Grenadier-Regiment (10 Dec 1918-01 Oct 1919)
With the Staff of II. Battalion of the 26th Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1920)
With the Staff of the 5th Pioneer-Battalion (01 Oct 1920-08 Jul 1921)
Commander III. Battalion of the 13th Infantry-Regiment (08 Jul 1921-01 Feb 1923)
Transferred into the RWM (01 Feb 1923-08 Jan 1927)
Commandant of the Troop-Exercise-Grounds Münsingen (08 Jan 1927-31 Jan 1929)
Retired (31 Jan 1929)
Director of B.B. Ulm and of Training with T.L. Donau (01 Apr 1929-01 Oct 1933)
Entered Army Service as Territorial-Officer (01 Oct 1933); Supplemental-Officer (05 Mar 1935)
Commander of Military-District-Command Ulm (01 Oct 1933-30 Jun 1937)
Retired (30 Jun 1937)
Placed to Disposal (Army) (01 Jul 1938)
Commandant of Troop-Exercise-Grounds Münsingen (24 May 1940-30 Apr 1942)
Führer-Reserve (30 Apr 1942-31 May 1942)
Retired (31 May 1942)

Awards & Decorations:
1914 Eisernes Kreuz II. und I.Klasse
Verwundetenabzeichen 1918 in Schwarz
Ritterkreuz des Königlicher Preußischer Hausorden von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung mit Eichenlaub (40 jahre)

Source :
http://www.geocities.ws/orion47.geo/WEHRMACHT/HEER/Generalmajor/HAUSSER_KARL.html

Bio of Generalmajor Günther Weichhardt

 

Photo of Günther Weichhardt (born in Oldenburg, 3 March 1897 - fallen at the Estern Front, 28 June 1941 as Oberst and Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 551. Posthumously ptomoted to Generalmajor). The picture was taken by Atelier-OU "H. Besser" in 1935 when Weichhardt still as a Hauptmann in the Infanterie-Regiment 16 (in the First World War his last rank was Leutnant in the Infanterie-Regiment Nr.91). He is wearing the 1914 Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse, Oldenburgische Friedrich-August Kreuz I.Klasse, and DRL-Sportabzeichen, List of medals in the Ordenspange, from left to right: 1914 Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse, Ritterkreuz des Königlicher Preußischer Hausorden von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern, Ritterkreuz der Oldenburgische Hausorden mit Schwertern, Oldenburgische Friedrich-August Kreuz II.Klasse mit Bandspange "Vor dem Feinde", and Österreichische Militärverdienstkreuz.

Source :
https://www.auctionzip.com/auction-lot/FOTO-GENERALMAJOR-GUNTHER-WEICHARDT_2AA44C9A32/

Bio of Generalmajor Felix Jacobi

 

Generalmajor Felix Jacobi
Born: 31 Mar 1880 in Tübingen
Died: 22 Jan 1960 in Bad Liebenzell

Promotions:
Fähnrich (22 Mar 1899); Leutnant (18 Aug 1900); Oberleutnant (27 Jan 1910); Hauptmann (20 May 1914); Major (04 Feb 1923); Oberstleutnant (01 Jun 1928); Charakter als Oberst (31 Mar 1930); Oberst (01 Aug 1935); Generalmajor (01 Dec 1941)

Career:
Entered Army Service (20 Mar 1899)
Fähnrich in the 126th Infantry-Regiment (20 Mar 1899-13 Sep 1911)
Transferred into the 3rd Airship-Battalion (13 Sep 1911-20 May 1914)
Company-Chief in the 4th Airship-Battalion (20 May 1914-01 Aug 1914)
Commandant of Airships Z 7, Z 34 and Z 1 then Commander of the 30th Airship-Battalion (01 Aug 1914-11 Oct 1919)
Transferred into the 5th Artillery-Regiment (11 Oct 1919-21 Dec 1922)
With the Staff of the 5th Division (21 Dec 1922-16 Mar 1925)
Commander of the 3rd Motor-Transport-Battalion (16 Mar 1925-31 Jan 1930)
Retired (31 Jan 1930)
Employed by the Army (01 Jul 1930)
With the Command-Office Ulm (01 Jul 1930-01 Oct 1933)
Entered Army Service as a Territorial-Officer (01 Oct 1933); Supplemental-Officer (05 Mar 1935); Active-Officer (01 Jun 1941)
With the Wehrmacht-Inspection Ulm (01 Oct 1933-06 Oct 1936)
Commander of Military-District-Command Darmstadt (06 Oct 1936-25 May 1940)
Field-Commandant 548 (25 May 1940-18 Jan 1941)
Field-Commandant 503 (18 Jan 1941-04 Apr 1943)
Führer-Reserve (04 Apr 1943-31 Mar 1944)
Retired (31 Mar 1944)

Awards & Decorations:
Erinnerungsabzeichen für Besatzungen der Marine-Luftschiffe

Source :
http://www.geocities.ws/orion47.geo/WEHRMACHT/HEER/Generalmajor2/JACOBI_FELIX.html
https://www.leo-bw.de/en_US/web/guest/detail-gis/-/Detail/details/DOKUMENT/labw_findmittel_06/labw-1-327227/Jacobi+Felix+Bild+1

Bio of Generalleutnant Heinrich Kannengiesser

 

 

Born: 06 Feb 1880 in Bautzen
Died: 25 Jul 1970 in Lüneburg 

Promotions:
Fähnrich (28 Mar 1899); Leutnant (24 Aug 1900); Oberleutnant (01 Jun 1925); Hauptmann (14 Aug 1913); Major (23 Jan 1918); Oberstleutnant (01 Jun 1925); Oberst (01 Apr 1929); Charakter als Generalmajor (28 Feb 1931); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1937); Generalleutnant z.V. (01 Apr 1941) 

Career:
Entered Army Service (28 Mar 1899)
Fähnrich in the 103rd Infantry-Regiment (28 Mar 1899-01 Apr 1913)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1908-00 Jul 1911)
Detached to the Grand General Staff (01 Apr 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Transferred to the General-Staff of XII. Army-Corps (01 Aug 1941-1916)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in ther Staff of the 58th Infantry-Regiment (1916-07 Sep 1918)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of Government Antwerp (07 Sep 1918-00 Dec 1918)
Battalion-Commander in the 101st Grenadier-Regiment (00 Dec 1918-1919)
In the General-Staff of the Saxon Ministry for Army Matters (1919-1919)
With the Staff of Command-Office Dresden (1919-1919)
Chief of Staff of the Processing-Office of XII. Army-Battalion (1919-01 Oct 1919)
With the Staff of the 23rd Border-Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 2919-01 Jan 1921)
Commander of III. Battalion of the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Oct 1923)
With the Staff of 4th Division (01 Oct 1923-01 Oct 1926)
Tactics-Instructor at the Infantry-School (01 Oct 1926-01 Oct 1928)
With the Staff of the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1928-01 Nov 1930)
With the Staff of Group-Command 1 (01 Nov 1930-28 Feb 1931)
Retired (28 Feb 1931)
Employed by the Army (01 Mar 1931)
Economics-Officer with the Staff of 4th Division (01 Mar 1931-01 Oct 1933)
Entered Army Service as A Territorial-Officer (01 Oct 1933); Supplemental-Officer (05 Mar 1935); Active-Officer (01 Oct 1937)
Economics-Officer in Dresden (01 Oct 1933-01 Apr 1935)
Military-Economics-Inspector IV, Dresden (01 Apr 1935-01 Oct 1935)
Military-Economics-Inspector XI, Hannover (01 Oct 1935-31 Oct 1938)
Placed to Disposal (Army) (22 Oct 1939)
Commander of the 411th Infantry-Division (Landesschützen) (22 Oct 1939-31 Dec 1942)
Retired (28 Feb 1943)

Awards & Decorations:
- RK des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
- RK des Kgl. Sächs. Militär St. Heinrichs-Ordens: 06.10.1916
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- RK I. Klasse des Kgl. Sächs. Albrechts-Ordens mit Schwertern und mit der Krone
- RK I. Klasse des Kgl. Sächs. Verdienstordens mit Schwertern
- RK I. Klasse des Kgl. Württembg. Friedrichs-Ordens mit Schwertern
- RK II. Klasse des Grossherzoglich Badischen Ordens vom Zähringer Löwen mit Schwertern und Eichenlaub
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Kgl. Sächs. Silberne Rettungsmedaille
- Kgl. Sächs. Dienstauszeichnungskreuz
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse

Source :

https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2294037#p2294037

http://www.oocities.org/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/HEER/Generalleutnant2/KANNENGIESSER_HEINRICH.html

Oberst Wilhelm Reuter

Oberst Wilhelm Reuter, autumn of 1944. No other info available.

Source :
Docarchiv photo collection
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2282200#p2282200

Wedding of Alois Dotter from LSSAH

Wedding of SS-Unterscharführer Alois Dotter from LSSAH (Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler)

Source :
https://germanmilitaryrelics.com/index.php/papers-books-photos/german-ss-lah-cufflinks-honor-gift-wedding-gift-wwii-ss-lah-manschettenknopfe-ehrengeschenk-hochzeitsgeschenk-2-wk.html

Studio Portrait of Luftwaffe Feldwebel

Studio portrait of  a Luftwaffe Feldwebel with the name Heinrich, taken in 1940. He sported the  Flugzeugführer- und Beobachterabzeichen and DRL Sportabzeichen medals in his uniform, along with medal bar Dienstauszeichnung der Luftwaffe and Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938 mit Spange Prager Burg.

Source :
https://germanmilitaryrelics.com/index.php/papers-books-photos/german-air-force-photo-ww2-portrait-luftwaffe-pilot-2-wk.html

Feldwebel Sepp Beran

Feldwebel Sepp Beran in a studio portrait taken in 1941

Source :
http://kultur-pool.at/plugins/kulturpool/showitem.action?itemId=124554825873&kupoContext=default