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Portrait of General of Mountain Troops Valentin Feurstein

Feurstein, Valentin

General of Mountain Troops

* 18th of January 1885

† 8th of June 1970

Promotions

1921-01-01 Lieutenant-Colonel (Titel)(Austrian Army)
1924-09-01 Lieutenant-Colonel (Austrian Army)
1928-09-30 Colonel (Austrian Army)
1935-06-25 Major-General (Austrian Army)
1939-06-01 Lieutenant-General
1940-09-01 General of Mountain Troops

Service

1920-07-01 1924-02-16 Chief of Military Section, Army Administration Office, Bregenz (Austrian Army)
1924-02-16 1929-07-01 Director of Army Administration Office, Bregenz (Austrian Army)
1929-07-01 1930-03-01 Chief of Staff, Brigade Command 6 (Austrian Army)
1930-03-01 1931-09-01 Attached to Brigade Command 6 (Austrian Army)
1931-09-01 1933-04-01 Attached to Brigade Command 1 (Austrian Army)
1933-04-01 1933-11-01 Director of Army Administration Office, Lower Austria (Austrian Army)
1933-11-01 1934-07-29 Attached to the Federal Ministry for the Army (Austrian Army)
1934-07-29 1935-10-01 Attached to the Federal Ministry for National Defence (Austrian Army)
1935-10-01 1937-04-01 Executive Officer, Reserve Department, Federal Ministry of National Defence (Austrian Army)
1937-04-01 1938-04-01 General Officer Commanding 3rd Infantry Division (Austrian Army)
1938-03-15 Transferred to the German Army
1938-04-01 1941-03-04 General Officer Commanding 2nd Mountain Division
1941-03-04 1941-05-10 Acting General Officer Commanding LXII Corps
1941-05-10 1942-03-01 Acting General Officer Commanding LXX Higher Command
1942-03-01 1943-01-25 General Officer Commanding LXX Higher Command
1943-01-25 1943-06-22 General Officer Commanding LXX Corps
1943-06-22 1943-08-15 Unemployed
1943-08-25 1945-03-02 General Officer Commanding LI Mountain Corps
1945-03-02 1945-04-22 At disposal of the Commander in Chief West
1945-04-22 1945-04-29 Inspector-General of Defence Area Tyrol
1945-04-22 1945-04-29 General Officer Commanding Alpine Front
1945-04-29 1948-08-28 Prisoner of War
1948-08-28 Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299636