War year

According to the Reich Law of May 31, 1906, the war years were the time added to the calculation of the period of service of officers and medical officers in the German army and navy to determine the pension for a campaign .

For those who actually came before the enemy or were deployed with the mobile troops and went into the field with them, one year was added to the actual length of service for each year of the campaign. B. received an officer who was deployed during the Franco-German War (July 1870 to May 1871), 2 additional years of service.

Officers and soldiers who served in the German colonies and their hinterland were counted twice for their service there (including sea voyages), provided that it had lasted six months without interruption and did not already count as war years due to armed events. Likewise, the Navy's period of service was extended to travel outside the domestic waters.

Periods of captivity were not taken into account, but the emperor was able to approve this. This was also the case for people who had attended a campaign by a foreign army on orders.

Web links

Wiktionary: War year  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Wikisource: Law on the retirement of officers including medical officers of the Reichsheeres, the Imperial Navy and the Imperial Schutztruppen  - sources and full texts

• Military pensions in the German Reich and Austria-Hungary. Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 15. Leipzig 1908

Individual evidence

1. ↑ RGBl. 1906 p. 565