(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Karl von Graffen
Born: 06 Jun 1893 in Plön, Holstein
Died: 01 Nov 1964 in Grödersby
Promotions:
Charakter als Fähnrich (03 Apr 1911); Fähnrich (19 Dec 1911); Leutnant (18 Aug 1912); Oberleutnant (15 Dec 1917); Hauptmann (01 Feb 1926); Major (01 Jul 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1937); Oberst (01 Oct 1939); Generalmajor (01 Jul 1942); Generalleutnant (01 Jan 1943)
Career:
Entered Army Service (03 Apr 1911)
Passed Out the Cadet-Corps as Fähnrich in the 60th Field-Artillery-Regiment (03 Apr 1911-01 Aug 1914)
Detached to War School in Neiße (1911-31 Jul 1912)
Detached to the Military Gymnasium (01 May 1914-01 Aug 1914)
Transferred into the 45th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Aug 1914-29 Dec 1914)
Transferred into the 65th Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (29 Dec 1914-18 May 1915)
Temporary-Battery-Leader in the 65th Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (18 May 1915-06 Feb 1919)
Detached to Firing Course at the Artillery Mountain School in Sonthofen (03 Dec 1917-23 Jan 1918)
Transferred into the 60th Field-Artillery-Regiment (06 Feb 1919-01 May 1919)
Transferred into the 9th Light Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (01 May 1919-27 Apr 1920)
Transferred into the 2nd Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (27 Apr 1920-01 Dec 1926)
Detached to Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with Military-District-Command II (01 Oct 1923-01 Jul 1924)
Detached to the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jul 1924-30 Sep 1924)
Regiments-Signals-Officer of the 2nd Artillery-Regiment (01 Dec 1926-01 Oct 1929)
Transferred to the 6th Battery of the 2nd Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1929-01 Nov 1929)
Chief of the 6th Battery of the 2nd Artillery-Regiment (01 Nov 1929-01 Oct 1931)
Chief of the 10th Battery of the 2nd Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1931-01 Apr 1934)
Detached to Firing Course for Artillery-Officers in Jüterbog (02 Oct 1931-29 Oct 1931)
Transferred to the Artillery Instruction & Experimental Command Schwerin (01 Apr 1934-01 Oct 1934)
Commander of the IV. Battalion of Infantry-Regiment Schwerin (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Adjutant of the Artillery-School Jüterbog (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Leader of the Experimental-Staff and the Specification-Officer of the Artillery-School, Jüterbog (06 Oct 1936-01 Oct 1939)
Administrator for Artillery and Munition Queries with the General Of Artillery in OKH (01 Oct 1939-24 Feb 1941)
Führer-Reserve OKH (24 Feb 1941-08 Mar 1941)
Commander of the 129th Artillery-Regiment (08 Mar 1941-28 Nov 1941)
Artillery-Commander 18 (28 Nov 1941-27 Mar 1942)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 58th Infantry-Division (27 Mar 1942-01 Jul 1942)
Commander of the 58th Infantry-Division (01 Jul 1942-15 Sep 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (15 Sep 1943-22 Sep 1943)
Higher Artillery Commander 316 (Army High Command 10) (22 Sep 1943-26 Apr 1945)
Delegated with the Leadership of LXXVI. Panzer-Corps (26 Apr 1945-18 May 1945)
German Leader of POW-Camps by Rimini, Italy (18 May 1945-18 Jul 1945)
In British Captivity (18 Jul 1945-03 Mar 1948)
Released (03 Mar 1948)

Awards & Decorations:
- Ritterkreuz: am 13.08.1942 als Generalmajor und Führer der 58. Infanterie-Division
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 24.12.1941 als Oberst und Arko 18
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- RK des Grossherzoglich Mecklenburgischer Greisenorden
- Grossherzoglich Mecklenburgisches Militär-Verdienstkreuz II. Klasse
- Grossherzoglich Mecklenburgisches Militär-Verdienstkreuz I. Klasse
- k.u.k. Österr. Militär-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK II
- Spange zum EK I


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