General der Gebirgstruppe Valentin Feurstein Born: 18 Jan 1885 in Bregenz, Vorarlberg Died: 08 Jun 1970 in Innsbruck Promotions:
Leutnant (18 Aug 1906); Oberleutnant (01 Nov 1911); Hauptmann (01 May 1915); Major (01 Jul 1920); Oberstleutnant (Titel) (01 Jan 1921); Oberstleutnant (01 Sep 1924); Oberst (30 Sep 1928); Generalmajor (25 Jun 1935); Generalleutnant (01 Jun 1939); General der Gebirgstruppe (01 Sep 1941) Career:
Entered Austrian Army Service (18 Aug 1906)
Leutnant in the 2nd Tyrol Imperial-J�ger-Regiment (18 Aug 1906-20 Dec 1913)
Detached to the War School in Vienna (01 Sep 1910-31 Aug 1913)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the 8th Infantry-Troop-Division (20 Dec 1913-01 May 1914)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the 122nd Infantry-Mountain-Brigade (01 May 1914-1916)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the XX. Corps (1916-1917)
General-Staff-Officer with Section-Command Riva (1917-1919)
Director of the Military-Department of the Army-Administration-Office Bregenz (01 Jul 1920-06 Jul 1923)
Transferred to the 6th Brigade-Command as Leadership-Assistant while retaining previous post (06 Jul 1923-16 Feb 1924)
Director of the Army-Administration-Office Bregenz (16 Feb 1924-01 Jul 1929)
At the same time, Troop-Service with the 4th Alpine-J�ger-Battalion (01 Apr 1927-01 Nov 1928)
Chief Of Staff of 6th Brigade-Command (01 Jul 1929-01 Mar 1930)
Assigned Officer with 6th Brigade-Command (01 Mar 1930-01 Sep 1931)
Assigned Officer with 1st Brigade-Command (01 Sep 1931-01 Apr 1933)
Director of the Army-Administration-Office Lower Austria (01 Apr 1933-01 Nov 1933)
Advisor in Department 1 in the Federal Ministry for State Defence (01 Nov 1933-15 Dec 1934)
Transferred into Department 3 of the Federal Ministry for State Defence (15 Dec 1934-01 Oct 1935)
Executive of the Supplemental-Department in the Federal Ministry for State Defence (01 Oct 1935-01 Apr 1937)
Commander of the 3rd Division and at the same time, Military-Commander of Lower Austria (01 Apr 1937-01 Apr 1938)
Transferred to the German Army (15 Mar 1938)
Commander of the 2nd Mountain-Division (01 Apr 1938-04 Mar 1941)
Detached to the 1st Mountain-Division (10 Jan 1939-07 Feb 1939)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH, at the same time Delegated with the Leadership of LXII. Army-Corps (04 Mar 1941-10 May 1941)
Delegated with the Leadership of Higher Command LXX (10 May 1941-01 Mar 1942)
Commander of Higher Command LXX (01 Mar 1942-25 Jan 1943)
Commanding General of LXX. Army-Corps (25 Jan 1943-22 Jun 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (22 Jun 1943-25 Aug 1943)
Commanding General of LI. Mountain-Corps (25 Aug 1943-02 Mar 1945)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH, at the same time Detached to the Commander-in-Chief South West (02 Mar 1945-22 Apr 1945)
General-Inspector of Tyrol Area Defence and Commandant of the Alpine Front (22 Apr 1945-29 Apr 1945)
In Captivity (29 Apr 1945-28 Aug 1948)
Released (28 Aug 1948)
Awards & Decorations:
- Ritterkreuz (3368): am 12.08.1944 als General der Gebirgstruppe und Kommandierender General des LI. Gebirgs-Korps
- 1939 EK I: 09.10.1939
- 1939 EK II: 05.09.1939
- k.u.k. �sterr. Milit�r-Jubil�ums-Kreuz 1848-1908: 00.00.1909
- Kgl. Bayer. Milit�r-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern
- k.u.k. �sterr. Bronzene Milit�r-Verdienst-Medaille (�Signum Laudis�) am Bande des Milit�r-Verdienstkreuzes: 00.00.1914
- Kgl. Bayer. Milit�r-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern und mit der Krone: 00.00.1916
- k.u.k. �sterr. Silberne Milit�r-Verdienst-Medaille (�Signum Laudis�) am Bande des Milit�r-Verdienstkreuzes: 00.00.1917
- k.u.k. �sterr. Orden der Eisernen Krone III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration und Schwertern: 08.05.1918
- �sterr. Kriegs-Erinnerungs-Medaille mit Schwertern: 26.06.1933
- Milit�r-Dienstzeichen 2. Klasse f�r Offiziere der Republik �sterreich: 01.10.1934
- Offizierkreuz des Verdienstordens der Republik �sterreich: 25.11.1936
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 01.10.1938 mit Spange �Prager Burg�
- Wehrmachtbericht: 23.05.1944
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