(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Richard Baltzer
Born: 01 Jun 1886 in Danzig
Died: 10 May 1945 in Prague (Killed)
Promotions:
Leutnant (18 Aug 1906); Oberleutnant (17 Feb 1914); Hauptmann (18 Jun 1915); Charakter als Major (31 Jan 1920); Polizei-Major (01 Dec 1919); Polizei-Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1930); Polizei-Oberst (21 Mar 1933); Polizei-Generalmajor (15 Aug 1933); Oberst (16 Mar 1936); Generalmajor (16 Mar 1936); Generalleutnant (01 Oct 1939)
Career:
Entered Navy Service (06 Apr 1904)
Training with the Imperial Navy (06 Apr 1904-01 Apr 1905)
Transferred to Army Service (31 Mar 1905)
Fahnenjunker in the 1st Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1905-02 Aug 1914)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1913-30 Jun 1914)
Detached to the 86th Fusilier-Regiment (01 Jul 1914-01 Aug 1914)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 1st Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-05 Jul 1915)
Battery-Leader in the 1st Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (05 Jul 1915-24 Nov 1916)
With the Staff of the Namur Government (24 Nov 1916-05 Mar 1917)
Chief Personnel Officer (IIa) in the Staff of the 45th Reserve-Division (05 Mar 1917-02 Jun 1917)
Temporary Chief of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the 45th Reserve-Division (02 Jun 1917-14 Jun 1917)
With the Staff of the Chief of Field Railway Affairs (14 Jun 1917-16 Mar 1919)
Advisor in the Field-Railway-Department of the Grand General Staff (16 Mar 1919-01 Dec 1919)
Entered Police Service (01 Dec 1919)
Retired from Army Service (21 Jan 1920)
Director of Central-Department 2 with Police-Group South, Berlin (01 Dec 1919-01 Dec 1920)
Commander of Police-Department Hallisches Tor, Berlin (01 Dec 1920-05 Mar 1922)
Commander of Police-Inspection Linden, Berlin (05 Mar 1922-21 Mar 1933)
Commander of the Protection-Police Berlin (21 Mar 1933-15 Aug 1933)
Commander of the State-Police-Inspection Berlin (15 Aug 1933-22 Jun 1934)
Commander of the State-Police-Inspection Brandenburg (22 Jun 1934-16 Mar 1936)
Transferred into Army Service (16 Mar 1936)
With the Staff of the 26th Division (16 Mar 1936-01 Jun 1936)
Commander of the 25th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jun 1936-01 Mar 1938)
Landwehr-Commander Allenstein (01 Mar 1938-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 217th Infantry-Division (26 Aug 1939-15 Apr 1942)
Führer-Reserve (15 Apr 1942-15 Aug 1942)
Commander of Division Nr. 156 (15 Aug 1942-01 Dec 1943)
Führer-Reserve (01 Dec 1943-25 Mar 1944)
Commander of the 182nd Reserve-Division (25 Mar 1944-01 Mar 1945)
Commander of the 182nd Infantry-Division (01 Mar 1945-10 May 1945)
Killed (10 May 1945)

Awards & Decorations:
- - Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 31.01.1942 als Generalleutnant und Komm. 217. Infanteriedivision
- - 1939 EK I –S-
- - 1939 EK II –S-
- - 1914 EK I
- - 1914 EK II
- - Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- - Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung I Klasse
- - Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942”


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