(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Jakob Kasper
Born: 03 Sep 1874 in Regensburg
Died: 19 Jun 1955 in Munich (München)
Promotions:
Fähnrich (23 Jan 1894); Leutnant (04 Mar 1895); Oberleutnant (28 Oct 1904); Hauptmann (25 Sep 1909); Major (07 Jan 1914); Charakter als Oberstleutnant (17 May 1920); Oberst a.D. (01 Feb 1927); Oberst (01 Oct 1933); Charakter als Generalmajor (31 Dec 1937); Generalmajor z.V. (01 Feb 1941); Generalleutnant z.V. (01 Aug 1942)
Career:
Entered Army Service (14 Jul 1893)
Offiziersaspirant in the 11th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (14 Jul 1893-01 Oct 1908)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1904-30 Sep 1907)
Detached to the Central-Office of the Bavarian General Staff (01 Oct 1908-01 Oct 1909)
Transferred into the General-Staff of II. Bavarian Army-Corps (01 Oct 1909-01 Oct 1911)
Company-Chief in the 11th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1911-12 Mar 1913)
Transferred into the Central-Office of the Bavarian General Staff (12 Mar 1913-01 Oct 1913)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the 1st Bavarian Division (01 Oct 1913-03 Jan 1916)
Advisor in the Army-Department of the Bavarian War Ministry (03 Jan 1916-27 Jul 1917)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the II. Bavarian Army-Corps (27 Jul 1917-03 May 1918)
Commander of the 6th Bavarian Infantrey-Regiment (03 May 1918-09 Nov 1918)
Severely wounded due to an Air bombing (09 Nov 1918-15 Sep 1919)
Chief of the Army-Department with Reichswehr-Command-Office Bavaria (15 Sep 1919-11 Dec 1919)
Department-Chief in the Army-Processing-Office Bavaria (11 Dec 1919-09 Apr 1920)
Retired (09 Apr 1920)
Employed by the Army (09 Apr 1920)
Official with Army-Processing-Office Bavaria (09 Apr 1920-01 Apr 1921)
Executive of Branch-Office Munich of the Reichs Archives (01 Apr 1921-29 Feb 1924)
Landwehr-Employee (01 Mar 1924)
Landwehr-Officer with Military-District-Command VII (01 Mar 1924-01 Oct 1933)
Entered Army Service as a Terrirorial-Officer (01 Oct 1933); Supplemental-Officer (05 Mar 1935)
Oberst with the Staff of Military-Replacement-Inspection Munich (01 Oct 1933-31 Dec 1937)
Retired (31 Dec 1937)
Placed to Disposal (Army) (26 Aug 1939)
Chief of Staff of the Replacement General-Command of VII. Army-Corps (Military-District-Command VII) (12 Sep 1939-00 Jan 1943)
Führer-Reserve (00 Jan 1943-28 Feb 1943)
Retired (31 Aug 1943)

Awards & Decorations:
- RK des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Bayer. Prinz-Regent-Luitpold Jubiläums-Medaille
- Kgl. Bayer. Militär-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern und mit der Krone
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Eichenlaub zum Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung I. Klasse


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