Generalleutnant Ernst Schaumburg was born on 13 November 1880 in Coblenz, and died in Hamburg on 4 October 1947. Schaumburg was that most unusual of creatures-- an OVERdecorated officer who did not WEAR all the items he was entitled too! He served in the army from 20 March 1899 - 31 October 1943, from 1904 to 1910 in the Schutztruppen German Southwest Africa, where, in addition to the 1904-06 campaign medal, he racked up a Red Eagle Order 4th Class with Swords, Crown Order 4th Class, Reuss (Older Line) Honor Cross 3rd Class, and Schwarzburg Honor Cross 3rd Class. During World War I he got 1914 Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse und I.Klasse, Prussian Hohenzollern House Order, and Pour le Merite on 21 April 1918. Also: Verwundetenabzeichen 1918 in Silber, Saxe-Ernestine House Order-Knight 1st Class, and Hamburg Hanseatic Cross. He was Commandant of Berlin from 1 February 1933 to 31 January 1937, appointed Commander of 225th Infantry Division on 1 September 1939, then was Commandant of Paris from 1 August 1940 to 1 May 1943.
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