Kronprinz Wilhelm von Preußen und Oberleutnant Otto von Knobelsdorff sitting on a bench in front of a house in Autry, France, 1914. At that time, Knobelsdorff, a young Prussian officer from a military family, served in the Infanterie-Regiment „Großherzog von Sachsen“ (5. Thüringisches) Nr. 94. His regiment belonged to the 38th Infantry Division (part of XI Corps early in the war). He saw combat on the Western Front in 1914 (including the advance through the Ardennes to Namur), then transferred to the Eastern Front (battles like the Masurian Lakes), returned to the West in 1915, and fought in the Verdun sector in 1916 (where his division suffered heavy casualties) before later service on other parts of the front. He earned both classes of the Eisernes Kreuzes for bravery and was wounded late in the war.
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