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     Egon Graf von Schmettow        







Egon Bernhard Gottfried Graf von Schmettow  
(1856 - 1942)
place of birth:  Pommerzig  (Pomorsko - Brandenburg)

German count and cavalry commander who was the first cousin of General Eberhard von Schmettow.







 

Assignments and Commands  (pre-War)
00.00.0000  -  01.08.1914 4. Kavallerie Inspektion - Saarbrücken  (Inspector)
   
Assignments and Commands  (during Great War)
02.08.1914  -  20.08.1915 6. Kavallerie-Division  =  5. Armee
21.08.1915  -  19.11.1916 Höherer Kavallerie Kommandeur 5     (reformed into GenKdo 58) 
20.11.1916  -  05.02.1918 Generalkommando 58
06.02.1918  -  11.11.1918 zur Disposition gestellt
   
Pour le Merite:  4 November 1915
highest rank:  Generalleutnant

 



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