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Alter, Franciszek Ksawery

Date of birth:
November 22nd, 1889 (Lwow, Austro Hungarian Empire)
Date of death:
January 23rd, 1945 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen/Beieren, Germany)
Buried on:
Plot War Graves Polish Victims Murnau
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

Brigadier General Franciszek Alter was taken prisoner in September 1939. He died of sickness in the hospital of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1945.

Promotions:
1909: Ensign
1912: Second Lieutenant
1916: First Lieutenant
1918: Captain
1920: Major
3 May 1922: Lieutenant Colonel
16 March 1927: Colonel
19 March 1939: Brigadier General

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Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:
1921
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:
1921
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:
1921
Krzyz Walecznych
Awarded on:
1925
Order Odrodzenia Polski Oficerski
Krzyz Niepodleglosci
Medal Pamiatkowy za Wojne 1918-1921
Medal 10-lecia Odzyskania Niepodleglosci

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