Hans Alfred Konstantin von Kretschmann
(21.08.1832 - 31.03.1899)
place of birth:  Charlottenburg
Königreich Preußen:  KG,  General-Lieutenant

                            


Prussian general Hans von Kretschmann
began his military career in 1863 when he joined Leib-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 8 in Frankfurt an der Oder. Major von Kretschmann saw action during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, serving in the general staff of Constantin von Alvensleben's III. Armee-Korps. After the war, he was transferred to Posen where he served for five years as General Hugo von Kirchbach's V. Armee-Korps chief of staff. He went on to command a peace-time infantry division. General von Kretschmann passed away in 1899 in his hometown of Berlin.

     
     

General-Lieutenant  15.11.1887
Erinnerungs-Kreuz Deutscher Krieg  1866

Eisernes Kreuz I  Deutsch-Französischer Krieg  1870–1871