Kurt Hans Julius Freiherr von Schleinitz
(18.04.1859 - 05.06.1928)
place of birth:  Kunersdorf
Königreich Preußen:  Kdr Schutztruppe, Generalmajor ch.


Kurt Freiherr von Schleinitz was a Prussian military officer who from 1907 to April 1914 was in command of Germany's Colonial Protection Forces (Kaiserliche Schutztruppe) based in German East Africa. Schleinitz began his military career in 1879 and was soon commissioned as a Sekonde-Lieutenant with the Prussian 2. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß in Berlin. In 1900, he deployed to German East Africa as part of the Colonial Protection Forces. There he took part in the Maji-Maji Rebellion of 1905-07. Soon thereafter, Major von Schleinitz replaced Gustav Graf von Götzen as Schutztruppe commander, an assignment he held until April 1914. Schleinitz was ultimately relieved of command in East Africa for failing to take action against his local Askari troops who had attacked civilians.

Following his return to the homeland, Germany mobilized for the First World War and Oberst z.D. von Schleinitz was reactivated to serve as a regimental commander. An illness in 1916 forced his leaving the front lines for convalescence, but he returned to the Warsaw sector to function as a staff officer overseeing replacement troops. Freiherr von Schleinitz ultimately retired from active duty in March 1918 with the brevet rank of Generalmajor.

	Generalmajor	30.03.1918  (charakter)
	Kolonial-Denkmünze	Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Ostafrika 1891-1918