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    Looking for a Leutnant in the Prussian (?) Army

    I am looking for the service and units of Leutnant (most likely) Otto Putz. He earned the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class, but no other awards, so I assume he served in the Prussian army. According to his age, I would think he was promoted to Leutnant between 1915 and 1917.
    Actually, Putz is a bavarian name but I can exclude the Bavarian army.

    Does anyone has ever come over his name in one of the "Ranglisten"?
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    The only Putz I have is H. Putz serving with IR 173 but he is a Hauptmann a.D., there is just one more Putz but he is a Gen.Maj. a.D..

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      #3
      ok. thanks.

      Is it possible that he served in the Army from Würtemmberg under prussian command?
      Last edited by LuckyStrike23; 12-20-2018, 09:45 AM.

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        #4
        There was a Lt.d.R. Paul Putz in IR 64, promoted to Lt.d.R. on 2.6.1915.

        There are a bunch of Leutnants Pütz with an Umlaut, both Landwehr and Reserve, commissioned during the war. Not sure if any of them were named Otto.

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          #5
          Thanks for your answer. "My" officer´s first name is Otto. His name was Putz - not Pütz (what is more common in my Experience) He was born in 1897. He received the EK1 and EK2 but no other awards. Thats, why i assumed, he served in the Prussian Army. I can surely exclude the Army of Württemberg and Bavaria.

          He was later reactivated as an officer in the Wehrmacht. Thats, why I thought, he must have been an officer in WW1.

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            #6
            Originally posted by LuckyStrike23 View Post
            He was later reactivated as an officer in the Wehrmacht. Thats, why I thought, he must have been an officer in WW1.
            That is not necessarily the case. With the rapid expansion of the Wehrmacht from 1934/35 on lots of senior Imperial NCO WWI veterans became junior officers in the Wehrmacht.

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              If this was the case then it could be the reason, why I do not find him.

              I have studied a few (original) files of so called "Ergänzungsoffiziere". All of them were former officers.

              Unfortunately this guy does not have a file in the archive.

              PS: When he was reactivated, he got the rank of a Hauptmann (RDA 1934)

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                Originally posted by LuckyStrike23 View Post
                If this was the case then it could be the reason, why I do not find him.

                I have studied a few (original) files of so called "Ergänzungsoffiziere". All of them were former officers.

                Unfortunately this guy does not have a file in the archive.

                PS: When he was reactivated, he got the rank of a Hauptmann (RDA 1934)
                Yes I would tend to think that a Hauptmann reactivated would have been a former Imperial officer unless he had some rare specialist knowledge that would warrant several promotions but that would have been a rather unique situation.

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                  Originally posted by kaiserwilhelm2 View Post
                  Yes I would tend to think that a Hauptmann reactivated would have been a former Imperial officer unless he had some rare specialist knowledge that would warrant several promotions but that would have been a rather unique situation.
                  Any other idea?

                  No Bavarian, No Württemberg, no Prussian.....

                  I think one can exclude the Saxon army as well, otherwiese he would have earned any low saxon award during his service.

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