Otto Ritter von Jäger
(18.03.1861 - 26.07.1941)
place of birth:  Oberaudorf, Bayern  (Bavaria)
Königreich Bayern:  Div-Kdr,  Generalleutnant


Royal Bavarian general officer Otto Jäger was in command of Bavaria's 9th Infantry Brigade as the Germans marched into World War One. General Jäger remained on the Western Front through 1916 as commander of this brigade, which was subordinate to General von Gebsattel's III. Bavarian Army Corps. For his bravery and meritorious leadership in battle, he was awarded the Ritterkreuz (Knight's Cross) of Bavaria's highest military order - the Militär-Max-Joseph-Orden. He was officially presented with the decoration on 18.02.1915. As a recipient of this order, Jäger was later elevated into Bavaria's non-hereditary nobility, thereafter carrying the title of Ritter. He then functioned for the final two years of the War as the Governor of Germersheim.

 
 
Generalleutnant  19.10.1916

Militär-Max-Joseph  01.01.1915  Ritter
 
 
 

  
  
Curriculum Vitae
   
16.09.1879 Königlich Bayerisches 11. Infanterie-Regiment ,,von der Tann - Regensburg  (Einjährig-Freiwilliger)
18.03.1880 Portepée-Fähnrich
12.11.1881 Sekonde-Lieutenant
14.07.1891 Premier-Lieutenant
11.04.1896 Hauptmann
28.10.1904 Major
23.02.1908 Oberstleutnant
22.04.1910 Oberst
04.05.1910 Königlich Bayerisches 11. Infanterie-Regiment ,,von der Tann - Regensburg  (Cdr)
23.01.1913 Generalmajor
23.01.1913 9. Königlich Bayerische Infanterie-Brigade - Nürnberg  (Cdr)
   
Great War
   
02.08.1914 9. Königlich Bayerische Infanterie-Division  =  6. Armee
08.04.1915 in den persönlichen Adelstand erhoben  (elevated into the  Bavarian nobility, MMJO)
16.10.1916 Gouverneur von Garnisonsstadt Germersheim  (Governor of Germersheim)
19.10.1916 Generalleutnant
28.01.1919 außer Dienst
   
   
 

16.05.1914

 

 

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