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Re: General Geng

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Post by Frech » 14 Mar 2017, 15:57

If you look onto § 2 I would think it was a "lex Zehner" special made for him:
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Re: General Geng

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Post by Frech » 14 Mar 2017, 15:59

Here are Brantners promotions from 1934:
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Re: General Geng

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Post by VJK » 15 Mar 2017, 09:21

That's great supplementary information Christian, thank you very much!

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Re: General Geng

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Post by VJK » 19 Mar 2017, 11:47

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!

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Post by Frech » 19 Mar 2017, 16:16

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.

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Re: General Geng

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Post by VJK » 19 Mar 2017, 16:27

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!

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Post by Frech » 19 Mar 2017, 17:08

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

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Re: General Geng

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Post by VJK » 19 Mar 2017, 19:02

Thanks Christian!

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