Glaise von Horstenau, Edmund
- Date of birth:
- February 27th, 1882 (Braunau in Inn, Austria)
- Date of death:
- July 20th, 1946 (Langwasser/Bavaria, Germany)
- Nationality:
- Austrian
Biography
General der Infanterie Edmund Glaise von Horstenau, after 1919 Edmund Glaise-Horstenau
Promotions:
18.08.1903: Leutnant, 4. Tiroler Kaiserjäger-Regiment
01.05.1909: Oberleutnant
01.05.1913: Hauptmann
01.11.1917: Major
23.09.1921: Oberstleutnant
29.09.1934: Oberst
30.06.1938: Charakter als Generalmajor
01.02.1941: Oberst z.V. and SA-Brigadeführer
01.03.1941: Generalmajor z.V.
01.08.1942: Generalleutnant z.V.
01.09.1943: General der Infanterie z.V.
00.00.1943: SA-Gruppenführer
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Große Silberne Medaille für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich
- Awarded on:
- January 25th, 1932
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1934
- Awarded on:
- 1937
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- January 30th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- January 9th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Deutscher Bevollmächtigter General in Kroatien
- Awarded on:
- March 8th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Infanterie (Lieutenant-General of Infantry)
- Unit:
- Deutscher Bevollmächtigter General in Kroatien
- Awarded on:
- November 8th, 1944
Jubiläums-Kreuz 1908
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
IV. Klasse des Militärverdienstordens
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Mecidiye Nişanı - 2nd class
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Kungliga Svärdsorden - Commander
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Red Krune Kralja Zvonimira I.Stupnja Cross with Star
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Order of Military Merit 1st Class
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1:
- - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Axis History Biographical Research via Axis History Forum
- Generalleutnant Eccard Freiherr von Gablenz - Lexikon der Wehrmacht
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