General Geng
Re: General Geng
If you look onto § 2 I would think it was a "lex Zehner" special made for him:
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Re: General Geng
Here are Brantners promotions from 1934:
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Re: General Geng
That's great supplementary information Christian, thank you very much!
Kind regards,
VJK
Kind regards,
VJK
Re: General Geng
Hi,
I have just come across another anomaly. The Oesterreichische Wehrzeitung for 10 March 1933 (http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno? ... nno-search) and 23 February 1934 (http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno? ... nno-search) shows Ludwig Hülgerth as General der Infanterie d.R. Since Hülgerth was promoted to FMLt. in 1934 (anyone know the exact date?), they must surely have got it wrong!
Kind regards,
VJK
I have just come across another anomaly. The Oesterreichische Wehrzeitung for 10 March 1933 (http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno? ... nno-search) and 23 February 1934 (http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno? ... nno-search) shows Ludwig Hülgerth as General der Infanterie d.R. Since Hülgerth was promoted to FMLt. in 1934 (anyone know the exact date?), they must surely have got it wrong!
Kind regards,
VJK
Re: General Geng
Dear Valdis,
Hülgerth was promoted to "General i.R." in 1927.
I just can assume: when the "General der ....." was re-introduced in 1930 the authors in the ÖWZ used simply this new title regardless if it was officially bestowed or not.
Hülberth´s promotion to Feldmarschallleutnant in 1934 was not published in the VBl. Therefore we have to look for the date in his personal file.
Kindest
Christian
Hülgerth was promoted to "General i.R." in 1927.
I just can assume: when the "General der ....." was re-introduced in 1930 the authors in the ÖWZ used simply this new title regardless if it was officially bestowed or not.
Hülberth´s promotion to Feldmarschallleutnant in 1934 was not published in the VBl. Therefore we have to look for the date in his personal file.
Kindest
Christian
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Hi Christian,
Thanks for that. I have since found the following announcement of his promotion to FMLt. (http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno? ... nno-Search) so I would guess it was probably 30 November 1934 or 1 December 1934, when Wittas and Dobretzberger were promote to that rank.
PS. A question just occurred to me - what is the proper spelling of the rank, I have seen Feldmarschalleutnant, Feldmarschallleutnant and Feldmarschall-Leutnant, in fact the above link has both the first and the last in the caption!
Kind regards,
Valdis
Thanks for that. I have since found the following announcement of his promotion to FMLt. (http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno? ... nno-Search) so I would guess it was probably 30 November 1934 or 1 December 1934, when Wittas and Dobretzberger were promote to that rank.
PS. A question just occurred to me - what is the proper spelling of the rank, I have seen Feldmarschalleutnant, Feldmarschallleutnant and Feldmarschall-Leutnant, in fact the above link has both the first and the last in the caption!
Kind regards,
Valdis
Re: General Geng
The grammatical correct spelling is today Feldmarschallleutnant (all consonants between vocals must be written). The old spelling is Feldmarschall-Lieutnant, later Feldmarschall-Leutnant. From origin all "Lieutnant-ranks" mean that the bearer was a "deputy" of his commander.
In the Hl. röm. Reich existed until 1806 the title of "Reichs-Generalfeldmarschall" whenever a "Reichsarmee" was established. Only his deputy was called "General-Lieutnant des Hl. röm. Reiches deutscher Nation".
Outside of the Hl.röm. Reich things changed:
Feldmarschall-Lieutnant = deputy of a field-marshall
General-Lieutnant = deputy of a commanding general
Oberst-Lieutnant = deputy of a colonel
Lieutnant = deputy of a captain
Similar with the "majors", which means just that the bearer was the eldest in a group of equal ranked officers:
Generalmajor = the eldest Colonel in a division
Major = the eldest captain in a Bataillon
Kindest
Christian
In the Hl. röm. Reich existed until 1806 the title of "Reichs-Generalfeldmarschall" whenever a "Reichsarmee" was established. Only his deputy was called "General-Lieutnant des Hl. röm. Reiches deutscher Nation".
Outside of the Hl.röm. Reich things changed:
Feldmarschall-Lieutnant = deputy of a field-marshall
General-Lieutnant = deputy of a commanding general
Oberst-Lieutnant = deputy of a colonel
Lieutnant = deputy of a captain
Similar with the "majors", which means just that the bearer was the eldest in a group of equal ranked officers:
Generalmajor = the eldest Colonel in a division
Major = the eldest captain in a Bataillon
Kindest
Christian
Re: General Geng
Thanks Christian!
Kind regards,
Valdis
Kind regards,
Valdis