Wehrpass paymaster 1892-1942 WW1 WW2 Oberfeld-Zahlmeister

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Paul Harnisch, WW1 army paymaster, WW2 army Oberfeldzahlmeister (eq. Oberstleutnant, lieutenant colonel)

1) Wehrpass, 14.9.38.
2) Document 18.11.38. Appointment for making his military record.

Entitled to: Merit Service Medal 3rd Class (6.11.01), Jubilee Medal (12.3.05), Merit Service Medal 2nd Class (4.11.07), Merit Service Medal 1st Class (5.11.13), Bavarian Merit Service Medal 2nd Class with Swords on ribbon for war service (18.11.14), Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 (12.10.15), War Merit Service Medal 2nd Class (1.2.16), Bavarian Merit Service Medal 1nd Class with Swords on ribbon for war service (23.8.16), Wound Badge in Black (18.6.18).

Born 1872 in Pössneck. He served from 1892 till 1937 with several different army units as a paymaster. Several times with Bavarian Infanterie-Regiment 16 (this was the same regiment Adolf Hitler served with in WW1). WW1 service at the Western Front (Nancy-Epinal, La Bassee, Somme, Aisne, Champagne, Flandern (battle for the Kemmelberg). Other units: 1.Bavar.Jäger-Bataillon; Korpszahlmeister I Armee-Korps; Military court, Mil.Strafamt; Fussartillerie-Regiment; IR16; IR12; Fussartillerie-Regiment 1 where he was wounded 28.2.16 and hospitalized; Feldartillerie-Regiment; ill and hospitalized; Feld-Kolonne 81; Fahrabteilung 7 (100.000 Mann Heer); Infanterie-Regiment Kempten; Infanterie-Regiment Reichenhall; Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 100; Wehrkreissverwaltung VII; Staff 7.Infanterie-Division. Retired 31.5.37. Called-up again for WW2 service: Sep.39-Apr.40 with Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon 179; Jun.-Oct.40 paymaster of Army District Office VII; Mar.-May.42 head of administration at military hospital Bad Wörishofen and discharged from military service (70 years old at that time !!).