Theodor Michelis
Theodor Michelis (born July 24, 1872 in Strasbourg , † March 23, 1936 in Berlin ) was a German officer , most recently major general and head of the Army Peace Commission after the First World War .
Life
Michelis joined the Prussian Army as a lieutenant in 1891 . He attended the War Academy and then served on the Great General Staff .
In 1914 he was on duty at the headquarters in order to be made available to the Deputy Prussian Minister of War. From 1915 Michelis worked in the War Ministry . He worked in the Department of Export and Import and in 1918 as an agent for Ukraine in the Ministry of War.
After the war ended, Michaelis became head of the Army Peace Commission in the Reichswehr Ministry . As such, he was promoted to colonel on July 1, 1922 and major general on February 1, 1927. On July 31, 1927, he resigned from military service. His grave can be found in the Invalidenfriedhof in Berlin.
Awards
- Red Eagle Order IV class
- Order of the Crown IV class
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
- Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with swords
- Prussian service award cross
- Bavarian Order of Military Merit IV class with swords
- Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Order of Albrecht
- Knight of the Order of the Württemberg Crown with swords
- Hanseatic Cross Hamburg
- Hanseatic Cross Bremen
- Friedrich-August-Kreuz II. And I. Class
- Order of the Iron Crown III. Class with war decorations
- Austrian Military Merit Cross III. Class with war decorations
- Silver Imtiaz medal with sabers
- Osmanje Order III. Class with sabers
- Mecidiye Order III. class
- Silver Liakat medal with sabers
- Iron crescent
- Commander of the Bulgarian Military Order of Merit
Web links
- Theodor Michelis in the online version of the Reich Chancellery Files Edition . Weimar Republic
Individual evidence
- ^ Rudolf Absolon: The Wehrmacht in the Third Reich: August 3, 1934 to February 4, 1938 , Boldt-Verlag, 1995, p. 448.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1924, p. 106.
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SURNAME | Michelis, Theodor |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer, most recently major general and head of the Army Peace Commission (1919) |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1872 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Strasbourg |
DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1936 |
Place of death | Berlin |