(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

Generalmajor Kurt Freiherr von Liebenstein
Born: 28 Feb 1899 in Jebenhausen
Died: 02 Aug 1975 in Munich (M�nchen)
Promotions:
F�hnrich (05 Jul 1917); Leutnant (26 Feb 1918); Oberleutnant (01 Apr 1925); Hauptmann (01 May 1933); Major (01 Oct 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1939); Oberst (01 Feb 1942); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1943); Generalmajor (Bundeswehr) (01 Jun 1956)
Career:
Entered Army Service (20 Dec 1916)
Fahnenjunker in the 26th Dragoon-Regiment (20 Dec 1916-24 Aug 1917)
With the Replacement-Squadron of the 26th Dragoon-Regiment (24 Aug 1917-01 Oct 1917)
Officer-Aspirant-Course (01 Oct 1917-07 Feb 1918)
Squadron-Officer in the 26th Dragoon-Regiment (07 Feb 1918-16 Sep 1918)
Leader of the Mortar-Detachment of the 26th Dragoon-Regiment (16 Sep 1918-27 Sep 1918)
In British Captivity (27 Sep 1918-02 Jan 1920)
Transferred into the 18th Mounted-Regiment (26 Jan 1920-01 Oct 1931)
Detached to Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the Staff of the 7th Division (01 Oct 1931-01 Oct 1933)
Transferred to the RWM (01 Oct 1933-01 Apr 1936)
Company-Chief in the 3rd Reconnaisance-Battalion (01 Apr 1936-01 Apr 1937)
Aid of the Military Attach� in Paris (01 Apr 1937-01 Sep 1939)
General-Staff-Officer in the Army General Staff (01 Sep 1939-25 Feb 1940)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 10th Panzer-Division (25 Feb 1940-25 Oct 1940)
Chief of the General Staff of XIX. Army-Corps (motorised), also Panzer-Group Guderian (00 Oct 1940-16 Nov 1940)
Chief of the General Staff of Panzer-Group 2 (16 Nov 1940-28 Jul 1941)
Chief of the General Staff of Panzer-Group Guderian (28 Jul 1941-03 Aug 1941)
Chief of the General Staff of Panzer-Group 2 (03 Aug 1941-05 Oct 1941)
Chief of the General Staff of the 2nd Panzer-Army (05 Oct 1941-25 May 1942)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 6th Panzer-Regiment (20 Jun 1942-01 Sep 1942)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 3rd Panzer-Division (01 Sep 1942-25 Oct 1942)
Commander of the 3rd Panzer-Grenadier-Brigade (25 Oct 1942-08 Nov 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve (08 Nov 1942-19 Dec 1942)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 164th Light Division (19 Dec 1942-01 Mar 1943)
Commander of the 164th Light Division (01 Mar 1943-12 May 1943)
Captured in Africa, in Captivity (12 May 1943-1947)
Released (1947)
Entered Bundeswehr Service (15 May 1956)
Commander in Defence-Area V (01 Jun 1956-30 Sep 1960)
Retired (30 Sep 1960)

Awards & Decorations:
- Ritterkreuz: am 10.05.1943 als Generalmajor und Kommandeur 164. leichte Division
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 26.01.1942 als Oberst i.G. und Chef des Generalstabs der 2. Panzer-Armee
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. W�rttembergische Rettungsmedaille
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis II. Klasse
- 1939 EK I
- Spange zum EK II
- Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber
- Kgl. Italien. Silberne Tapferkeitsmedaille
- �rmelband �Afrika�
- Grosses Verdienstkreuz des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland


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