General of Signals Troops
* 11th of December 1894
† 3rd of March 1975
| 1937-03-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel | 
| 1939-08-01 | Colonel | 
| 1942-08-01 | Major-General | 
| 1943-02-01 | Lieutenant-General | 
| 1944-11-01 | General of Signal Troops | 
| 1935-10-15 | – | 1939-08-26 | Commanding Officer 38th Signals Battalion | 
| 1939-08-26 | – | 1940-02-10 | Commanding Officer 596th Signals Regiment | 
| 1940-02-10 | – | 1940-05-10 | Chief Signals Officer, 7th Army | 
| 1940-05-10 | – | 1940-06-01 | Chief Signals Officer, Panzer Group Hoth [France] | 
| 1940-06-01 | – | 1940-06-30 | Chief Signals Officer, Panzer Group Guderian [France] | 
| 1940-07-01 | – | 1940-12-10 | Chief Signals Officer, Military Commander France | 
| 1940-12-10 | – | 1941-10-06 | Chief Signals Officer, 2nd Panzer Group [Eastern Front] | 
| 1941-10-06 | – | 1942-08-24 | Chief Signals Officer, 2nd Panzer Army [Eastern Front] | 
| 1942-08-24 | – | 1943-10-01 | General Officer Commanding 129th Infantry Division | 
| 1943-10-01 | – | 1944-04-01 | Chief Signals Officer, Army Group Centre [Eastern Front] | 
| 1944-04-01 | – | 1944-04-05 | Unemployed | 
| 1944-04-05 | – | 1944-08-10 | General Officer Commanding 277th Infantry Division | 
| 1944-08-10 | – | 1944-08-15 | Unemployed | 
| 1944-08-15 | – | 1945-05-08 | Chief of Communications, Armed Forces High Command OKW | 
| 1944-08-15 | – | 1945-05-08 | Chief of Communications, Army High Command OKH |