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24.   FOUR Photo Album Grouping Generallt. Benignus DIPPOLD - Commander 183. Inf. Division - TOP!
FOUR album grouping of Generalleutnant Benignus DIPPOLD who was the commander of the 183 Infanterie Division ins WWII.  Massive amount of photos. Great uniform studio portraits, ceremonies - including nice nighttime torchlit ceremonies in DEGGENDORF, weapons, maneuvers, photos from NÜRNBERG in 1935/36, other identified officers, great photos of ceremonies in the NÜRNBERG Altstadt, postcards sent to Dippold, good photos of him serving in the field in Russia as commander 183 Inf Division, identified division officers, division headquarters positions in the field, photos of General Leonhard Kaupisch, high ranking party members, photos from his time in POW CAMP/ Internment in Switzerland during WWI (uncommon content to find!), trench photos from his WWI service, have trench mortars, portrait photos from WWI, and more!  Great grouping!
$1375

Generalleutnant Benignus Dippold
Born: 04 Jul 1889 in Sesslach, Upper Franconia (Oberfranken)
Died: 18 Oct 1967 in Bamberg
Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (01 Nov 1908); Fähnrich (07 Mar 1909); Leutnant (23 Oct 1910); Oberleutnant (01 Jun 1915); Hauptmann (01 Nov 1919); Major (01 Mar 1930); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1934); Oberst (01 Jan 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1934); Oberst (01 Jan 1936); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1939); Generalleutnant (01 Oct 1941)
Career:
Entered Army Service (25 Jul 1908)
Fahnenjunker in the 19th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (25 Jul 1908-01 Oct 1913)
Detached to the War School in Munich and the Firing-School in Lechfeld (01 Oct 1909-30 Sep 1910)
Mobilisation-Officer, Court-Officer and Military-Barracks-Chief in the 19th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1913-02 Aug 1914)
In the Field with the 19th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-18 Aug 1914)
Platoon and Company Leader in the 19th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (18 Aug 1914-16 Sep 1914)
Adjutant of the II. Battalion of the 19th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (16 Sep 1914-08 Jun 1916)
Detached to Heavy Artillery (25 Mar 1916-07 Apr 1916)
Company-Leader in the 19th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (08 Jun 1916-11 Jun 1916)
Company-Leader with the Field-Recruitment-Depot of the 5th Bavarian Infantry-Division (11 Jun 1916-12 Jul 1916)
Company-Leader in the 19th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (12 Jul 1916-20 Aug 1916)
Detached for Service as a Battalion-Adjutant (20 Aug 1916-04 Sep 1916)
Company-Leader in the 19th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (04 Sep 1916-09 Sep 1916)
Captured at the Somme and in British Captivity (09 Sep 1916-25 Dec 1917)
Interned in Switzerland (25 Dec 1917-22 Jul 1918)
Released and returned home, Company-Leader in the Replacement-Battalion of the 19th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (22 Jul 1918-01 Dec 1918)
Detached to the 6th Assault-Battalion in Tournai (18 Aug 1918-13 Sep 1918)
Detached to Officer-Aspirants-Course of the III. Bavarian Army-Corps in Nuremberg (01 Oct 1918-13 Oct 1918)
Detached to Officer-Aspirant-Course in Freising (13 Oct 1918-13 Nov 1918)
Adjutant of the 19th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (01 Dec 1918-01 Jan 1919)
Company-Leader in the 19th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1919-20 Mar 1919)
Assigned to the Security-Battalion Erlangen of the III. Bavarian Army-Corps (20 Mar 1919-12 Jun 1919)
Transferred into the 47th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (12 Jun 1919-01 Nov 1919)
Company-Chief in the 47th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1919-01 Jan 1921)
Company-Chief in the 20th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Nov 1923)
Transferred to the Staff of the II. Battalion of the 20th Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1923-01 Jan 1926)
Detached to MG-Course on the Troop-Exercise-Grounds Grafenwöhr (15 Sep 1924-16 Oct 1924)
Transferred to the Staff of the III. Battalion of the 20th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1926-01 Mar 1927)
Company-Chief in the 20th Infantry-Regiment (01 Mar 1927-01 Oct 1929)
Detached as Staff-Officer of Infantry to the Staff of the 7th Division (01 Oct 1929-01 Nov 1930)
Transferred into the Staff of the 7th Division (01 Nov 1930-01 Feb 1933)
Detached to Gas-Protection-Course C in Berlin (20 Nov 1930-30 Nov 1930)
Detached to Firing-Course for Heavy Infantry Weapons in Döberitz (06 Oct 1931-23 Oct 1931)
Detached to the Austrian Army (30 Aug 1932-12 Sep 1932)
Commander of the III. Battalion of the 20th Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Commander of the III. Battalion of Infantry-Regiment Regensburg (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Commander of the 21st Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Commander of the 104th Infantry-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-01 Dec 1939)
Commander of the 183rd Infantry-Division (01 Dec 1939-04 Oct 1941)
Wounded, in Hospital (04 Oct 1941-05 Dec 1941)
Führer-Reserve OKH (05 Dec 1941-25 Oct 1942)
Commander of the 717th Infantry-Division (25 Oct 1942-15 Mar 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (15 Mar 1943-16 Mar 1943)
Detached to Army-Group A for Special-Assignments (Section-Command Fedosia, Crimea) (16 Mar 1943-25 May 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (25 May 1943-15 Oct 1943)
At the same time, Detached as Director of the Battalion-Leaders-Courses with III. Army-Corps (01 Jun 1943-25 Jul 1943)
Commander of Special-Purpose-Division 540 (15 Oct 1943-15 Mar 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (15 Mar 1944-14 Sep 1944)
At the same time, Detached to Army-Group South for use as a Commandant of a Fortified Area (14 Mar 1944-23 Mar 1944)
Detached to Course in POW Affairs in Vienna (21 Aug 1944-31 Aug 1944)
Detached to the Commander of POWs in Military-District VI (14 Sep 1944-15 Nov 1944)
Commander of POWs in Military-District VI (15 Nov 1944-12 Apr 1945)
Battle-Commander of Nuremberg (12 Apr 1945-15 Apr 1945)
Detached to Straggler-Catch-Command of the LXXXII. Army-Corps (15 Apr 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-22 Aug 1947)
Released (22 Aug 1947)

Awards & Decorations:
- 1939 EK I –S-
- 1939 EK II –S-
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Kgl. Bayer. Militär-Verdienstorden IV Klasse mit Schwertern
- Kgl. Bayer. Militär-Verdienstorden IV Klasse mit der Krone und Schwertern
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung I Klasse
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939??? (04.10.1941: verwundet/ Ostfront)