Adolf Strauss (general)

• 15 March 1898 Charakter als Fähnrich (Brevet Officer Cadet) • 8 October 1898 Fähnrich (Officer Cadet) • 17 October 1899 Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant) • 16 June 1910 Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) • 8 October 1914 Hauptmann (Captain) • 1 February 1924 Major with effect from 1 January 1924 (5) • 1 May 1929 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) • 1 April 1932 Oberst (Colonel) • 1 December 1934 Generalmajor (Major General) • 20 April 1937 Generalleutnant (Lieutenant General) with effect and Rank Seniority (RDA) from 1 April 1937 (1) • 10 November 1938 General der Infanterie (General of the Infantry) with effect and Rank Seniority (RDA) from 1 November 1938 (3) • 19 July 1940 Generaloberst (10) ==Awards and decorations==

• Iron Cross (1914) 1st and 2nd Class • 2nd Class on 22 September 1914 • 1st Class in October 1915 • Hanseatic Cross, Bremen and Lübeck • Military Cross of Merit, Principality of Lippe • Military Merit Cross (Austria), 3rd class with War Decoration (ÖM3K) in May 1918 • Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Knight's Cross with Swords (HOH3X) in July 1918 • Wound Badge (1918) in Black • Prussian Long Service Cross for 25 years • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 with Swords on 20 December 1934 • Wehrmacht Long Service Award, 4th with 1st Class on 2 October 1936 • Hungarian World War Commemorative Medal with Swords on 19 January 1937 • Bulgarian War Commemorative Medal 1915–1918 with Swords • Repetition Clasp 1939 to the Iron Cross 1914, 2nd and 1st Class • 2nd Class on 11 September 1939 • 1st Class on 22 September 1939 • Winter Battle in the East 1941–42 Medal • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 27 October 1939 as General der Infanterie and commanding general of the II. Armeekorps • Mentioned four times in the Wehrmachtbericht on 6 August 1941 (extra), 7 August 1941, 18 October 1941 (extra) and 19 October 1941 ==Sources==