General der Panzertruppe Ernst Feßmann Born: 06 Jan 1881 in Pfersee, District Augsburg Died: 25 Oct 1962 in Pullach Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (01 Nov 1900); Fähnrich (08 Feb 1901); Leutnant (09 Mar 1902); Oberleutnant (04 Mar 1911); Rittmeister (22 Feb 1914); Major (05 Mar 1923); Oberstleutnant (01 Nov 1928); Oberst (01 Apr 1931); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1934); Generalleutnant (01 Oct 1935); Charakter als General der Panzertruppe (30 Sep 1937); General der Panzertruppe z.V. (01 Jul 1941) Career:
Entered Army Service (15 Jul 1900)
Fahnenjunker in the 2nd Bavarian Chevaulegers-Regiment (15 Jul 1900-22 Feb 1914)
Detached to War School in Munich (01 Mar 1901-09 Feb 1902)
Detached to the Bavarian Equitation-Institute (01 Oct 1908-30 Sep 1910)
Detached to the Bavarian War Academy (01 Oct 1911-21 Feb 1914)
Adjutant of the 2nd Bavarian Cavalry-Brigade (22 Feb 1914-02 Aug 1914)
2nd Adjutant with the General-Command of the I. Bavarian Reserve-Corps (02 Aug 1914-02 Oct 1914)
Transferred Home after a fall from a horse (02 Oct 1914-09 Nov 1914)
2nd Adjutant with the General-Command of the I. Bavarian Reserve-Corps (09 Nov 1914-03 Dec 1916)
At the same time, Detached as Leader of the III. Battalion of the 1st Bavarian Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (04 May 1916-28 May 1916)
Quartermaster of Group Vincy (03 Dec 1916-14 Dec 1916)
Transferred for use in General-Staff-Service while retaining previous post (14 Dec 1916-20 Jan 1917)
Quartermaster of the XIV. Reserve-Corps (20 Jan 1917-26 Mar 1917)
General-Staff-Officer with Special Duties with Army-High-Command 6 (26 Mar 1917-10 May 1917)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the III. Bavarian Army-Corps/Group Vincy (10 May 1917-13 Jun 1917)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the I. Bavarian Reserve-Corps (13 Jun 1917-21 Jun 1918)
Detached to 1st Course with the Physical-Exercise-Division in Valenciennes (15 Dec 1917-22 Dec 1917)
Transferred to Quartermaster-Branch I, Lavardes (21 Jun 1918-11 Jul 1918)
Transferred into the General-Staff of Army-Detachment A (11 Jul 1918-13 Nov 1918)
Advisor in the Army-Department of the Bavarian Ministry for Military Affairs (13 Nov 1918-24 Apr 1919)
Liaison-Officer of the Bavarian Ministry for Military Affairs to Group Augsburg (24 Apr 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Transferred into Group-Command 4 (01 Oct 1919-10 Apr 1920)
Adjutant of the 1st Cavalry-Division (10 Apr 1920-30 Sep 1920)
Transferred into the Staff of Military-District-Command VII (30 Sep 1920-05 Mar 1921)
Staff-Officer with the Staff of the 7th Motor-Transport-Battalion (05 Mar 1921-09 Jul 1922)
Detached to the RWM/In 6 (09 Jul 1922-15 Jul 1922)
Advisor in the RWM/In 6 (15 Jul 1922-01 Feb 1924)
Detached for use as Commander of the 7th Motor-Transport-Battalion (01 Feb 1924-01 Mar 1924)
Commander of the 7th Motor-Transport-Battalion (01 Mar 1924-01 Apr 1930)
Detached to the 17th Mounted-Regiment (21 Jun 1926-02 Jul 1926)
Detached to Course for Staff-Officers in Döberitz (18 Jul 1927-04 Aug 1927)
Transferred to the Staff of the 5th Division and Detached to the 14th Mounted-Regiment (01 Apr 1930-09 Apr 1930)
Welfare-Officer of Location-Commander Schleswig (09 Apr 1930-01 Oct 1930)
Transferred into the 2nd Artillery-Regiment and Detached to Motor-Transport-Instruction-Staff (01 Oct 1930-01 Nov 1931)
Transferred into the 4th Transport-Battalion and Detached to Motor-Transport-Instruction-Staff (01 Nov 1931-01 Aug 1934)
Commander of the Panzer-Brigade, Motor-Transport-Instruction-Staff (01 Aug 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Commander of the 3rd Panzer-Division (15 Oct 1935-30 Sep 1937)
Retired (30 Sep 1937)
Placed to Disposal (Army) (01 Oct 1937)
Commander of the 267th Infantry-Division (26 Aug 1939-16 Jun 1941)
Führer-Reserve OKH (16 Jun 1941-15 Jul 1941)
Commander of Disposal-Staff Frankfurt, Oder (15 Jul 1941-08 Jan 1942)
Führer-Reserve OKH (08 Jan 1942-31 May 1942)
Retired (30 Apr 1943)
In Soviet Captivity (05 Jun 1945-30 Sep 1945)
Released (30 Sep 1945)
Awards & Decorations:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Bayer. Prinz-Regent-Luitpold Jubiläums-Medaille
- Kgl. Bayer. Militär-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Kgl. Bayer. Dienstauszeichnungskreuz II. Klasse
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
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