General of Artillery
* 15th of September 1885
† 26th of November 1944
| 1931-10-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1934-02-01 | Colonel |
| 1937-04-01 | Major-General |
| 1939-01-01 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1942-01-01 | General of Artillery |
| 1929-06-01 | – | 1934-04-01 | Attached to Army Ordnance Office, Reichwehr Ministry |
| 1934-04-01 | – | 1935-04-01 | Chief of Staff, Inspectorate of Army Ordnance |
| 1935-04-01 | – | 1937-10-12 | Chief of ? Section, Inspectorate of Army Ordnance |
| 1937-10-12 | – | 1943-08-17 | Master-General of the Ordnance, Army High Command OKH |
| 1943-08-17 | – | 1943-09-08 | Unemployed |
| 1943-09-08 | – | 1944-06-01 | Military Commander Albania & Montenegro |
| 1943-09-08 | – | 1944-06-01 | German Plenipotentiary-General in Albania |
| 1943-09-15 | – | 1944-05-31 | Field Commandant of Cetinje |
| 1944-04-15 | – | 1944-05-31 | German Plenipotentiary-General in Montenegro |
| 1944-06-01 | – | 1944-06-10 | Unemployed |
| 1944-06-10 | – | 1944-07-30 | General Officer Commanding Army Area South France |
| 1944-07-30 | – | 1944-11-26 | Wounded and hospitalised |
| 1944-11-26 | Died of his wounds |