Maximilian von Laffert

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Service/branch Heer Name Maximilian Laffert Years of service 1871–1917 Died 1917		Rank General of Cavalry Awards Pour le Merite Battles/wars World War I Battles and wars World War I

Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Commands held 40th Division, XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Corps

Maximilian August Hermann Julius von Laffert (10 May 1855 in Lindau – 10 May 1917 in Frankfurt am Main) was a Saxon officer, later General of Cavalry during World War I. He was a recipient of the Pour le Mérite.

Maximilian von Laffert suffered a heart attack while commanding his troops in France and died later in Frankfurt on 20 July 1917. He is interred at the Nordfriedhof in Dresden.

Awards

Iron Cross of 1914, 1st and 2nd class

Pour le Mérite (1 September 1916)

Order of the Crown, 4th class (Prussia)

Commander 2nd class of the Military Order of St. Henry (31 July 1916); previously awarded the Knight's Cross on 9 September 1914

Order of the Red Eagle, 4th class

Commander of the House Order of the White Falcon

Commander 1st class of the Albert Order

Commander 2nd class of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order

Commander, 1st Class of the Civil Order of Saxony

Service Award (Saxony)

Military Merit Order, 2nd class with star (Bavaria)

Commander, 1st Class of the Order of Henry the Lion (Brunswick)

Knight's Cross, 1st Class of the Friedrich Order (Württemberg)

References

Maximilian von Laffert Wikipedia

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