General of Signal Troops
* 4th of October 1886
† 4th of September 1944
| 1933-02-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1935-02-01 | Colonel |
| 1938-03-01 | Major-General |
| 1940-02-01 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1940-08-01 | General of Signal Troops |
| 1932-10-01 | – | 1934-10-01 | Chief of Staff, Inspectorate of Signal Troops |
| 1934-10-01 | – | 1939-08-26 | Inspector of Signal Troops |
| 1937-10-12 | – | 1939-08-26 | Inspector of Communication of the Armed Forces |
| 1939-08-26 | – | 1944-07-20 | Chief of Army Signals Affairs, Armed Forces High Command OKW |
| 1939-08-26 | – | 1944-07-20 | Chief of Communications, Armed Forces High Command OKW |
| 1940-10-01 | – | 1944-07-20 | Plenipotentiary-General for Technical Means of Communication |
| 1944-07-20 | – | 1944-09-04 | Arrested |
| 1944-09-04 | Condemned to death | ||
| 1944-09-04 | Executed |