(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Karl Baer
Born: 08 Oct 1894 in Freckenfeld, Palatinate (Pfalz)
Died: 13 Jan 1944 by Loshkarevska, Krivoy-Rog, USSR (KIA)
Promotions:
Leutnant der Reserve (10 Feb 1918); Polizei-Leutnant (01 Oct 1919); Polizei-Oberleutnant (01 Mar 1925); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Mar 1933); Hauptmann (01 Aug 1935); Major (01 Oct 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1938); Oberst (01 Aug 1941); Generalmajor (01 Feb 1944)
Career:
Entered Army Service (Reserves) (07 Aug 1914)
War Volunteer in the 12th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (07 Aug 1914-07 Aug 1918)
Transferred into the 7th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (07 Aug 1918-27 May 1919)
Transferred into a Defence-Regiment (27 May 1919-30 Jun 1919)
Retired (30 Jun 1919)
Entered Police Service (01 Oct 1919)
With the Bavarian State Police (01 Oct 1919-16 Apr 1925)
Detached to Signals-Course with the Command of the State Police Munich (25 Jan 1923-1923)
Detached to the Officers-Course with the Command of the State Police Munich (25 Oct 1923-10 Jan 1925)
Detached to the Flying-Observer-Course in Fürth (12 Jan 1925-01 Mar 1925)
Leader of the Installations Workshop in Nuremberg (16 Apr 1925-23 Mar 1930)
At the same time, Detached to the Flying-Observer-Course in Hochfelln (01 May 1925-10 May 1925)
At the same time, Detached to Officer-Course with the Command of the State Police in Munich (05 Sep 1925-10 Dec 1925)
Leader of the Operations-Squadron of the Signals-Technical-Institute (23 Mar 1930-01 Mar 1932)
At the same time, Detached to Officer-Training-Course in Warmenstein (05 Sep 1930-10 Sep 1930)
At the same time, Detached to Officers-Course of the Protection-Police in Nuremburg-Fürth (03 Nov 1930-22 Nov 1930)
Chief of the Signals Technical Tests Station (01 Mar 1932-14 Dec 1934)
Chief of the Signals School of the State Police Munich (14 Dec 1934-01 Aug 1935)
Transferred to Army Service (01 Aug 1935)
Transferred to the Staff of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Aug 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Leader of the Regiment-Signals-Platoon of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Battery-Chief in the 33rd Artillery-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-11 Dec 1937)
Detached to Staff-Officer-Course of the 33rd Division (21 Nov 1937-11 Dec 1937)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 25th Artillery-Regiment (11 Dec 1937-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 25th Artillery-Replacement-Regiment (26 Aug 1939-04 Oct 1939)
Commander of Artillery-Regiment-Staff 705 (04 Oct 1939-06 Jan 1940)
Commander of the 238th Artillery-Regiment (06 Jan 1940-26 Oct 1942)
Commander of the 110th Artillery-Regiment (26 Oct 1942-01 May 1943)
Leader of the 681st Grenadier-Regiment (01 May 1943-00 Jan 1944)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 306th Infantry-Division (00 Jan 1944-13 Jan 1944)
Killed-in-Action (13 Jan 1944)

Awards & Decorations:
- - Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 27.11.1941 als Oberst und Komm. Artillerie-Regiment 238
- - 1939 EK I –S-
- - 1939 EK II –S-
- - 1914 EK I
- - 1914 EK II
- - Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- - Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung
- - Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942”
- - Nennung im Ehrenblatt des Heeres: am 28.03.1943 als Oberst und Artillerie-Kommandeur 110


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