Dienstauszeichnung 1.Klasse 1937 Oberstleutnant Nachrichten

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Hans-Ludwig Müller, Lieutenant Colonel (Oberstleutnant, 1942 Generalmajor) Army communications

Dienstauszeichnung 1.Klasse, merit service medal for 25 years military service, Berlin 24.7.37. Signed by the CO of Nachrichten-Truppen III, Oberstleutnant Erich Buschenhagen. Very decoartive issue with large eagle. Size DIN A4.

When this certificate was issued Müller was commander of Nachrichten-Abteilung 43 based in Potsdam, communications unit of the II.Armee.. Hans Ludwig Müller was born in 1893 in Mannheim, southwest Germany. He joined the German army in 1912 and made Lieutenant by early 1914. In 1917 he was promoted to Oberleutnant (Senior Lieutenant). Between the wars he joined the police force in Berlin. Müller rejoined the army in 1935. He was promoted to Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) in 1936, to Oberst (Colonel) in 1939, and to Generalmajor (Major General) in 1942. Müller commanded various Signal units, most notably the Army Signals Regiment 512, and was stationed in Belgium and Northern France between 1940 and 1944. However, at the end of the war he was redeployed to Latvia where he was taken prisoner by the Russians. He was released and returned home in 1955. Müller died in 1970. During his military career he was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class, and the War Merit Cross 2nd and 1st Class with Swords.