Hans Matthias Ludwig Philipp von Boehn 
(02.06.1953 - 03.31.1931)
place of birth:  Stolp, Pommern
Königreich Preußen:  Komdt Berlin,  Gen à la suite SM,  General der Kavallerie ch. z.D.


Prussian cavalry officer Hans von Boehn served as Commandant of Fortress Berlin for the first two years of the Great War. Boehn was the younger brother of future field army commander Max von Boehn, and he joined a Guards infantry regiment a few months after the Franco-Prussian War had ended in 1871. Seven years into his military career, Boehn was reclassified as a cavalry officer and transferred to Ulanen-Regiment Nr. 5 in Düsseldorf.

With a promotion to Major, Hans von Boehn was called in 1896 to serve for the next ten years as an aide-de-camp (Flügeladjutant) in Kaiser Wilhelm II's court. He additionally deployed to China during the Boxer Rebellion (1900-1901) where he served as a personal adjutant to Imperial German Commander in Chief Alfred von Waldersee. Upon his return to Germany, Boehn resumed his role as the Kaiser's orderly aide-de-camp. He received command of 1. Garde-Kavallerie-Brigade in 1904 and following a 1906 promotion to Generalmajor, was tasked to to serve as Commandant of Royal Capital Berlin Garrison Headquarters. In 1909, he took on the additional role as General à la suite in Kaiser Wilhelm II's court and in 1910 was promoted to Generalleutnant. In January 1913, after over 40 years of military service, Boehn received a brevet promotion to General der Kavallerie and retired from active duty. When the Great War broke out in August 1914, the 61-year-old General von Boehn was recalled to serve in his previous position as Commandant of Fortress Berlin.

	General der Kavallerie	30.01.1913  (charakter)
	China-Denkmünze	Ostasiatisches Expeditionskorps  1900-01