Baltzer, Richard Robert Karl
- Date of birth:
- June 1st, 1886 (Danzig, Germany)
- Date of death:
- May 10th, 1945 (Prague, Czechoslowakia)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Cheb
Grave: UNK. - Nationality:
- German
Biography
Listed as 'unknown'.
06.04.1904: Seekadett in der Kaiserlichen Marine
01.04.1905: Feldartillerie-Regiment „Prinz August von Preußen" (1. Lithauisches) Nr. 1
18.06.1906: promoted to Leutnant - Patent 15.02.1905
01.06.1913-30.06.1914: Kriegsakademie
17.02.1914: promoted to Oberleutnant
01.07.1914-01.08.1914: Füsilier-Regiment „Königin" (Schleswig-Holsteinisches) Nr. 86
02.08.1914-04.07.1915: Regimentsadjutant, Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 1
18.06.1915: promoted to Hauptmann
05.07.1915-23.11.1916: Führer, 6. Batterie, Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 1
24.11.1916-04.03.1917: Generalstab, Gouvernement Namur
05.03.1917-01.06.1917: Generalstab, Stab, 45. Reserve-Division
02.06.1917-10.06.1917: stellvertretender Ia, Stab, 45. Reserve-Division
14.06.1917-15.03.1919: Generalstab, Eisenbahn-Transport-Abteilung, Feldeisenbahnchef, Großes Hauptquartier
01.12.1919: Polizeimajor, Sicherheitspolizei
01.12.1919-30.11.1920: Führer, Zentral-Abteilung 2, Polizeigruppe Süd, Berlin
01.12.1920-04.03.1922: Führer, Polizeiabteilung Hallisches
15.02.1922-28.03.1922: Führungsaufgaben, Höhere Polizeischule Potsdam-Eiche
05.03.1922-20.03.1933: Kommandeur, Polizei-Inspektion Linden, Regierungsviertel Berlin
01.04.1930: promoted to Polizei-Oberstleutnant
21.03.1933: promoted to Polizei-Oberst
21.03.1933: Kommandeur, Schutzpolizei für Berlin, Preußischen Innenminister Hermann Göring
14.08.1933: Leiter then Kommandeur, Landespolizeiinspektion (LPI) Brandenburg
15.08.1933: promoted to Polizei-General
21.06.1934: Leiter, LPI West in Düsseldorf
22.06.1934: promoted to Generalmajor der Polizei
06.03.1936-31.05.1936: Stab, 26. Infanterie-Division, Köln
16.03.1936: promoted to Oberst - RDA 01.06.1934
01.06.1936-28.02.1938: Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 25
01.03.1938-25.08.1939: Landwehrkommandeur Allenstein
30.09.1937: promoted to Generalmajor - RDA 19.10.1937 - 16.03.1936
26.08.1939-14.04.1942: Kommandeur, 217. Infanterie-Division
01.10.1939: promoted to Generalleutnant
15.04.1942-14.08.1942: Führer-Reserve
15.08.1942-30.11.1943: Führer, 156. Reserve-Division
01.12.1943-24.03.1944: Führer-Reserve
25.03.1944-10.05.1945: Kommandeur, 182. Reserve-Division then 182. Infanterie-Division
10.05.1945: killed in Prague
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- September 11th, 1914
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- May 25th, 1916
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1934
- Awarded on:
- 1936
- Awarded on:
- 1936
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1936
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 19th, 1939
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 1st, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, 217. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- January 31st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 1st, 1942
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