(Photo courtesy of Otto Bauer)

Generalleutnant Dr. med. dent. Karl Mauss

Born: 17.05.1898 in Plön / Holstein.
Died: 09.02.1959 in Hamburg-Wandsbek.

Promotions:
Gefreiter
Unteroffizier
Vizefeldwebe
20.05.1915 Leutnant (three days after his 17th birthday, he became the youngest commissioned officer in the German Army)
01.04.1922 Charakter als Oberleutnant
01.09.1934 Hauptmann
01.04.1938 Major
01.04.1941 Oberstleutnant
01.04.1942 Oberst
01.04.1944 Generalmajor
01.10.1944 Generalleutnant
Unconfirmed: 01.04.1945 General der Panzertruppe

Career:
08.08.1914 - ca. 1918 Entered service as Kriegsfreiwilliger, assigned to Infanterie-Regiment Lubeck (3.Hanseatisches) 162.
ca. 1918 - 00.00.1918 Volunteered for service with the Fliegertruppe and trained as a fighter pilot; injured during a practice flight, 00.00.1918, thus ending his career as a military aviator.
00.00.1919 - 00.00.1920 Service with Freikorps "Oberland" and Marine-Brigade Ehrhardt.
01.04.1922 Retired from Reichswehr service.
00.00.1922 - 00.00.1929 Studied dental medicine in Hamburg.
00.00.1929 Awarded his doctorate as Dr. med. dent.
01.09.1934 - Reentered service as Hauptmann, assigned to II.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment 69.
00.11.1938 - 11.09.1939 Chef of 14.(Pz.Abw.)Kompanie / Infanterie-Regiment 69 / 20.Infanterie-Division (mot.).
11.09.1939 - 01.03.1942 Kdr. II.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment 69 / 20.Infanterie-Division (mot.).
01.03.1942 - 30.01.1944 Kdr. Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 33 / 4.Panzer-Division.
30.01.1944 - 02.05.1944 Kdr. 7.Panzer-Division. Succeeded Wolfgang Glaesemer. Succeeded by Gerhard Schmidhuber.
09.09.1944 - 31.10.1944 Kdr. 7.Panzer-Division. Succeeded Gerhard Schmidhuber. Succeeded by Hellmuth Mäder.
30.11.1944 - 05.01.1945 Kdr. 7.Panzer-Division. Suceeded Hellmuth Mäder. Succeeded by Max Lemke.
23.01.1945 - 23.03.1945 Kdr. 7.Panzer-Division. Succeeded Max Lemke. Severely wounded by an artillery shell (resulting in his left leg being amputated at the thigh) and succeeded by Hans Christern, who commanded until war's end.

Postwar Confinement & Activities:
In British captivity, 05.05.1945 - 00.00.1947, then opened his own dental practice.

Decorations & Awards:
15.04.1945 Brillanten zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (26.) as Generalleutnant and Kdr. 7.Panzer-Division / VII.Panzer-Korps / 2.Armee / Heeresgruppe Kurland, Eastern Front
23.10.1944 Schwertern zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes(101.) as Generalleutnant and Kdr. 7.Panzer-Division / 2.Armee / Heeresgruppe Weichsel, Eastern Front
24.11.1943 Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes(335.) as Oberst and Kdr. Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 33 / 4.Panzer-Divison / LVI.Panzer-Korps / 2.Armee / Heeresgruppe Mitte, Eastern Front
26.11.1941 Ritterkreuz des Eisernes Kreuzes as Oberstleutnant and Kdr. II.Bataillon / Schutzen-Regiment 69 / 10.Panzer-Division / XXXX.Panzer-Korps / 4.Armee / Heeresgruppe Mitte, Eastern Front
11.03.1943 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold as Oberst and Kdr. Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 33 / 4.Panzer-Division, Eastern Front
25.05.1940 1939 Spange zum 1914 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
28.09.1939 1939 Spange zum 1914 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
21.10.1916 1914 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
16.09.1915 1914 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
13.03.1944; 15.08.1944; & 20.02.1945 Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht.
00.00.194_ Nahkampfspange I. Stufe (Bronze);
00.00.194_ Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze
00.00.191_ Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen 00.00.194_ Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Gold
ca. 1918 Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918, in Schwarz
00.00.1942 Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942”
ca. 1934 Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
00.00.19__ Schlesischer Adler-Orden II. Stufe
00.00.193_ Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis III. Klasse





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