Erwin Adelbert Schramm
(05.04.1856 - 13.03.1935)
place of birth:  Schneeberg, Erzgebirge
Königreich Sachsen:  Bde-Kdr,  Generalleutnant ch. (Art)


Erwin Schramm was an artillery officer serving in the Royal Saxon military forces during the Great War.  He was also an archaeologist and was known as an authority on ancient artillery weaponry. His peace-time military career saw Schramm attached for thirty five years to Saxony's lone heavy artillery regiment, Fußartillerie-Regiment Nr. 12 headquartered in Metz. He commanded the regiment from 1907 through 1911.

In 1912, Schramm was transferred to command 3. Feldartillerie-Brigade Nr. 32 in Pirna. After mobilization in August 1914, Schramm led this unit as Imperial German forces punched through neutral Belgium on their way to the French frontier. For his exemplary leadership, he was awarded the Ritterkreuz (Knight's Cross) of Saxony's highest military decoration - the Militär-St. Heinrich-Orden.

Generalmajor Schramm was reassigned in September 1914 to Ludwig d'Elsa's XII. Armee-Korps headquarters, where he functioned as the corps' artillery commander until retiring from active duty in 1915 as a brevetted Generalleutnant. For his pre-War research in military science and archaeological studies, the University of Freiburg bestowed on General Schramm in 1911 the title of Dr. phil. h. c.  The Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences likewise decorated Schramm in 1914 with the silver Leibniz-Medal.

	Generalleutnant	17.03.1915  (charakter)
	Militär-St. Heinrich	15.10.1914  Ritter