Theodor Michelis

Grave of Theodor, Carola and Carl Ernst Michelis at the Invalidenfriedhof Berlin (status 2013)

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.

personal data
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

[1] Rudolf Absolon: The Wehrmacht in the Third Reich: August 3, 1934 to February 4, 1938 , Boldt-Verlag, 1995, p. 448.

[Rangliste1924-2] ↑ ^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.