General of Infantry
* 29th of October 1878
† 31st of July 1966
| 1920-12-18 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1924-04-01 | Colonel |
| 1928-04-01 | Major-General |
| 1929-10-01 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1934-03-08 | Honorary General of Infantry |
| 1940-09-01 | General of Infantry (at Disposal) |
| 1920-04-12 | – | 1921-02-01 | Attached to the Reichwehr Ministry |
| 1921-02-01 | – | 1922-03-20 | Chief of Staff, Inspectorate of Army Education & Training Affairs |
| 1922-03-20 | – | 1925-01-19 | Chief of Staff, 6th Infantry Division |
| 1925-01-19 | – | 1927-02-01 | Commanding Officer 10th Infantry Regiment |
| 1927-02-01 | – | 1931-01-31 | Commandant of the Infantry School, Dresden |
| 1931-01-31 | Retired | ||
| 1934-04-XX | – | 1938-07-XX | Military Adviser to the Chinese Nationalist Army |
| 1939-07-10 | Recalled | ||
| 1939-07-10 | – | 1939-08-28 | At disposal |
| 1939-08-28 | – | 1940-05-22 | General Officer Commanding Military District IV |
| 1940-05-22 | – | 1944-07-15 | Military Commander Belgium & Northern France |
| 1940-05-22 | – | 1940-05-31 | Military Commander Netherlands |
| 1944-07-15 | – | 1944-07-20 | Unemployed |
| 1944-07-20 | Retired | ||
| 1944-XX-XX | Arrested | ||
| 1944-XX-XX | – | 1945-05-06 | Imprisoned |
| 1945-05-06 | – | 1948-XX-XX | Prisoner of War, US Captivity |
| 1948-XX-XX | – | 1951-07-09 | Prisoner of War, Belgian Captivity |
| 1951-07-09 | Condemned to 12 years imprisonment | ||
| 1951-XX-XX | Released |