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Leutnant Arthur Graf v. Bernstorff of the Königin-Elisabeth Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 3. Taken while he was an instructor at the Cadet School in Karlsruhe between 18 October 1896 and 30 September 1900.

 

Born 10 April 1873 at Sonderburg in Schleswig-Holstein, son of Oberstleutnant Magnus Graf v. Bernstorff (Bekleidungsamt IX. Armeekorps) and Sophie neé Hennecke. Left Groß-Lichterfelde as a char. Portepee-Fähnrich on 22 March 1892 and entered the Königin Elisabeth Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 3. Promoted to Portepee-Fähnrich on 18.10 1892 and commissioned on 20.5.1893. From 18 October 1896 to 30 September 1900 instructor at the Cadet School in Karlsruhe . Promoted Oberleutnant on 30.8.02 and assigned to the Embassy in Copenhagen from 1 April 1905 to 30 September 1909. Promoted to supernumerary Hauptmann on 27.1.10. and appointed as a company commander on 1 October 1911. He retired on 22 April 1912. Served during the War with Mobil.-Etappen-Kommandantur 5/G . Died in 1949.

 

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The lower cadet schools were entitled Voranstalt. There were eight Prussian lower cadet schools: Bensberg, Köslin (formerly) Culm, Karlsruhe, Naumburg, Oranienstadt, Plön, Postdam, and Walstadt. There was also a lower cadet school in Dresden, Saxony and one in lower Bavaria.

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