(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Kurt Andersen
Born: 02 Oct 1898 in Hohenrade, District Königsberg, East Prussia (Ostpreußen)
Died: 09 Jan 2003 in Bonn
Promotions:
Polizei-Leutnant (15 Dec 1925); Polizei-Oberleutnant (11 Aug 1928); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Jan 1934); Hauptmann (01 Aug 1935); Major (01 Oct 1938); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1941); Oberst (01 Jul 1942); Generalmajor (17 Feb 1945); Brigadegeneral (Bundesgrenzschutz) (1952)
Career:
War-Volunteer in the 3rd Replacement-MG-Company of the 3rd Grenadier-Regiment then MG-Company of Detachment v. Pröeck (19 Jan 1915-02 Sep 1915)
In the Field with the 403rd MG-Company (03 Sep 1915-30 Sep 1916)
With Telegraph-Battalion I, Treptow (01 Oct 1916-08 Nov 1916)
In the 973rd Telephone-Construction-Platoon (09 Nov 1916-22 Nov 1918)
With the 1st Signals-Replacement-Battalion, Königsberg (23 Nov 1918-08 Mar 1919)
In the 15th Volunteer-Company of Detachment Grabowski (09 Mar 1919-15 Sep 1919)
Transferred to Police Service with the Protection and State Police in Elbing-Marienburg, Dortmund then Düsseldorf (16 Sep 1919-31 Jul 1935)
Transferrec to Luftwaffe Service as Officer with Special Dutiesof the RLM and Detached to the Air-War-School-Courses in Potsdam-Eiche (01 Aug 1935-30 Sep 1935)
Battery-Officer in the II. Battalion of the 23rd Flak-Regiment, Rudolstadt (01 Oct 1935-31 Mar 1936)
Battery-Chief in the II. Battalion of the 23rd Flak-Regiment (01 Apr 1936-31 Mar 1937)
Battery-Chief in Flak-Regiment (01 Apr 1937-30 Jun 1938)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the Flak-Instruction-Regiment (01 Jul 1938-02 Jun 1940)
Commander of Flak-Artillery-School II, Stolpmünde (03 Jun 1940-19 Nov 1942)
Commander of the 153rd Flak-Regiment (20 Nov 1942-10 Jun 1943)
Detached to the Service-Area of Higher Commander of Flak-Artillery Schools (11 Jun 1943-25 Jun 1943)
Commander of Air-War-School 6 (01 Jun 1943-31 Mar 1944)
Flak-Artillery-Inspector East (01 Apr 1944-29 Jan 1945)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 23rd Flak-Division (30 Jan 1945-16 Feb 1945)
Commander of the 23rd Flak-Division (17 Feb 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-1946)
Released (1946)
Entered Service with the Federal Border Guards as Commander of Federal-Border-Protection-School Lübeck (01 Aug 1951-1952)
Commander of BGS-Schools, Lübeck (1952-05 Jan 1954)
Commander of Border-Protection-Command Coast, Kiel (05 Jan 1954-01 Jul 1956)
Inspector of Federal Border Guards in the Federal Ministry of the Interior (01 Jul 1956-31 Mar 1961)
Retired (31 Mar 1961)

Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz (684): am 21.12.1942 als Oberst und Kommandeur Flak-Regiment 153
- 1914 EK II
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Baltenkreuz II. Klasse
- Baltenkreuz I. Klasse
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer 1914/1918
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. Klasse
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung III. Klasse
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung II. Klasse
- Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe: 24.12.1942
- 1939 EK I: 03.05.1940
- Spange zum EK II: 22.09.1939
- Grosses Verdienstkreuz des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: 00.00.1961


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