Schmidt von Altenstadt, Hans-Georg (Generalmajor)
- Date of birth:
- August 21st, 1904 (Langenfahr/Danzig, Germany)
- Date of death:
- July 25th, 1944 (lazarett Bad-Tölz/Bavaria, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Hans-Georg Johann Schmidt von Altenstadt was the last baron von Altenstadt of the castle Schloss Gattendorf and the last in life of the old aristocratic family Von Schmidt auf Altenstadt. He finally reached the rank of Generalmajor.
Promotions:
01.08.1924: Gefreiter
01.11.1924: Unteroffizier
01.10.1925: Fähnrich
01.08.1926: Oberfähnrich
01.12.1926: Leutnant
01.02.1929: Oberleutnant
01.11.1934: Rittmeister/Hauptmann i.G.
01.06.1940: Major i. G.
02.03.1942: Oberstleutnant i. G.
06.10.1943: Oberst i. G.
01.07.1944: Generalmajor (posthumously)
Career:
01.05.1927: 6. Eskadron / 4. Preußisches Reiterregiment
01.05.1928-01.05.1929: 2. Eskadron / 4. Preußisches Reiterregiment
01.05.1931-01.05.1932: 1. Eskadron / 4. Preußisches Reiterregiment
03.01.1939-05.11.1939: Generalstab XVIII Armeekorps - Salzburg
10.07.1940: Stab 18. Infanteriedivision
06.10.1943-20.01.1944: Generalkommando LI. Gebirgskorps
22.01.1944-25.07.1944: Generalkommando XIV. Panzerkorps
11.06.1944: car accident
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Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
- Rank:
- Rittmeister
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Rank:
- Rittmeister
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Rank:
- Hauptmann im Generalstab (Captain to the General Staff)
- Unit:
- Generalstab, XVIII. Armeekorps
- Awarded on:
- August 21st, 1939
- Rank:
- Hauptmann im Generalstab (Captain to the General Staff)
- Unit:
- Generalstab, XVIII. Armeekorps
- Awarded on:
- September 9th, 1939
- Awarded on:
- September 9th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann im Generalstab (Captain to the General Staff)
- Awarded on:
- September 29th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann im Generalstab (Captain to the General Staff)
- Unit:
- Stab, 10. Division
- Awarded on:
- May 18th, 1940
Voenen Orden "Za Hrabrost" IV stepen, 1 klas
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major im Generalstab (Major to the General Staff)
- Awarded on:
- September 22nd, 1941
Ordinul Steaua Romaniei Knight
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major im Generalstab (Major to the General Staff)
- Awarded on:
- March 26th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst im Generalstab (Colonel to the General Staff)
- Unit:
- Generalkommando, XIV. Panzer-Korps
- Awarded on:
- May 8th, 1944
Sources
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- Soldaten im 2. Weltkrieg
- Deathcard Wehrmacht
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