(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Max Eichstädt
Born: 29 Nov 1893 in Schneidemühl
Died: 16 Apr 1941 near the Island of Pantelleria, Mediterranean Sea (KIA)
Promotions:
Leutnant (27 Jan 1915); Oberleutnant (18 Oct 1918); Polizei-Oberleutnant (10 Nov 1919); Polizei-Hauptmann; Polizei-Major (01 Apr 1934); Major (15 Oct 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1937); Oberst (01 Apr 1940); Generalmajor (nachträglich) (01 Jun 1943)
Career:
Entered Army Service (26 Feb 1914)
Fahnenjunker in the 1st Foot-Artillery-Regiment (26 Feb 1914-02 Aug 1914)
Platoon-Leader in the 1st Foot-Artillery-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-12 Oct 1915)
Educator at the Head-Cadet-Institute Groß-Lichterfelde (12 Oct 1915-09 Feb 1918)
Member of the Artillery-Tests-Commission (09 Feb 1918-10 Nov 1919)
Retired (10 Nov 1919)
Entered Police Service (10 Nov 1919)
With the Police in Berlin, later Police-Administration in Königsberg (10 Nov 1919-00 Mar 1933)
With the State-Police in Prussia (00 Mar 1933-01 Aug 1935)
Detached to the Staff of the Artillery-Battalion Ohrdruf, later the I. Battalion of the 73rd Artillery-Regiment (01 Aug 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Transferred to Army Service (15 Oct 1935)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 73rd Motorised-Artillery-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-01 Nov 1939)
Commander of the 73rd Panzer-Artillery-Regiment (01 Nov 1939-10 Mar 1941)
Commander of the 33rd Motorised-Artillery-Regiment (10 Mar 1941-16 Apr 1941)
Killed-in-Action (16 Apr 1941)

Awards & Decorations:
1914 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
1914 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnungen


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