Promotions:
August 11th, 1914: Offiziersanwärter;
December 4th, 1914: Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier;
March 30th, 1915: Fähnrich;
December 15th, 1915: Leutnant (Patent May 21st, 1916, RDA September 1st, 1915);
July 31st, 1925: Oberleutnant (RDA April 1st, 1925);
April 1st, 1931: Rittmeister;
March 1st, 1936: Major;
April 1st, 1939: Oberstleutnant;
December 17th, 1941: Oberst (RDA December 1st, 1940);
June 1st, 1943: Generalmajor;
May 20th, 1944: Generalleutnant;
December 1st, 1944: General der Panzertruppe.
Career:
August 11th, 1914: 2. Garde-Ulanen-Regiment, Berlin;
February 1916 - March 1916: Maschinengewehr-Lehrgang;
?: Chef MG-Zug, 2. Garde-Ulanen-Regiment;
January 14th, 1917: Infanterie-Ersatz-Regimet Nr. 59;
January 1919 - March 1919: 2. Garde-Ulanen-Regiment;
?: Freikorps Hülsen;
1920: 4. (Preußisches) Reiter-Regiment, Potsdam;
October 1st, 1926: Ausbildungsoffizier Kavallerieschule, Hannover;
April 1st, 1929: Stab, 2. (Preußisches) Reiter-Regiment, Osterode;
October 11th, 1931: Chef, 4. Schwadron, 4. Reiter-Regiment, Perleberg;
October 1st, 1934: Schwadornchef, Reiter-Regiment, Potsdam;
May 15th, 1935: Stab Kavallerie-Kommando, Potsdam;
October 15th, 1935: Adjutant, 4. Reiter-Brigade, Potsdam;
April 1st, 1936: Höheren Kavallerie-Offizier 4;
October 12th, 1937: Höheren Kavallerie-Offizier 2;
July 29th, 1938: Führer II. / Kavallerie-Regiment 6;
November 10th, 1938: Kommandeur Radfahr-Abteilung 1, Tilsit;
October 1st, 1941: Kommandeur Reiter-Regiment 22;
January 1942: Kommandeur Schützen-Regiment 26;
October 1942: Kommandeur Panzergrenadier-Regiment 26;
November 7th, 1942: Mit den Führung beauftragt 20. Panzergrenadier-Brigade;
November 1942 - March 1st, 1943: Führerreserve;
January 1943 - February 1943: Divisions-Führerlehrgang, Döberitz;
March 1st, 1943: Führer 24. Panzer-Division;
June 1st, 1943: Kommandeur 24. Panzer-Division;
August 1st, 1944: Führerreserve;
August 20th, 1944: mit der Führung beauftragt XXIV. Panzerkorps;
September 22nd, 1944; mit der Führung beauftragt XXXXVIII. Panzerkorps;
December 1st, 1944: Kommandierender General XXXXVIII. Panzerkorps;
May 3rd, 1945: Verhandlungsführer 12. Armee;
May 7th, 1945 - March 31st, 1947: American POW.
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