Christian Philipp (3 September 1893 - 16 October 1963) joined the Royal Bavarian Army as a war volunteer on August 4, 1914. The teacher's son came to the 3rd Royal Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment "Prince Leopold". Later he decided to become an officer in the infantry. He then came to the 6th Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment "Kaiser Wilhelm, King of Prussia". With this he was promoted to lieutenant on December 31, 1915. His patent was then dated May 11, 1914. During the First World War, he was awarded both Iron Crosses. After the war he was first used in the Epp Freikorps. Then he came to the Iron Division in the Baltic States. Adopted from the army on March 31, 1920. He was now in the service of the Bavarian police. With this he was initially used as a lieutenant in Aschaffenburg. There he was promoted to first lieutenant of the police on August 1, 1922. As such, he married Hildegard Stadler in 1923. On June 1, 1929, he was promoted to captain of the police. On July 1, 1935, he even made it to major in the police. As such, he was accepted into the army on October 1, 1935 when the Reichswehr was expanded to include the Wehrmacht. His seniority was set on February 1, 1935. He was then appointed commander of 2nd Battalion of the 109th Infantry Regiment on April 1, 1936. On October 1, 1937, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. On August 1, 1938, he was appointed commander of the 2nd Battalion of the new Mountain Jäger Regiment 138 in Graz. He led this battalion into the Polish campaign at the beginning of World War II in the summer of 1939. In the western campaign in the spring of 1940 he was also used as commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 138 Mountain Infantry Regiment. After the campaign in the west he gave up his command of the battalion. He was already wearing both clasps on his iron crosses. He was appointed commander of the 524 Infantry Regiment on October 1, 1940. On the same day he was also promoted to colonel. At that time, this regiment was in Poland as an occupying force. He then led the regiment first in the beginning of the summer of 1941 in the eastern campaign during the attack on southern Russia. On October 10, 1941, he was awarded the Army Honorary Leaf Clasp. On October 27, 1941, he was awarded the German Cross in Gold. In November 1941 he then gave up his command. He apparently took over as commander for a short time of the Mountain Infantry Regiment 138, which was in Finland at the time. In mid-January 1942 he was then given the command of the 6th Mountain Division. On February 1, 1942, he was appointed commander of the 6th Mountain Division on the Murmansk Front while being promoted to major general. His seniority was set on April 1, 1942. For the next two and a half years, he and his division were deployed primarily on the Arctic front. He was promoted to lieutenant general on January 1, 1943. In mid-August 1944 he handed over his command of the 6th Mountain Division to Major General Max-Josef Pemsel. He was then transferred to the Führerreserve. On September 1, 1944, he was appointed as the successor to Lieutenant General Friedrich-Jobst Volckamer von Kirchensittenbach as commander of the 8th Jäger Division. As a result, he led the division in the southern section of the Eastern Front. On March 11, 1945 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. In April 1945 he gave his command of the 8th Jäger Division to Colonel Bergener. He was apparently still with the deputy leadership from XXIX. Army Corps instructed. According to other information, he took over the leadership of the 88th Infantry Division. When he surrendered, he was taken prisoner. From this he was released on June 11, 1947.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (11 March 1945) as a Generalleutnant and Kommandeur 8. Jäger-Division
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