Erich von Tschischwitz

Early career After completing his cadet training, Tschischwitz joined the of the Imperial German Army on 22 March 1889, as a second lieutenant. Tschischwitz was stationed at the cadet house at Bensberg from 1882 to 1885 before being transferred to the main institution at Lichterfelde.

World War I With the outbreak of the World War I and the German mobilization, he came with his regiment to the front, was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 19 August 1914, and at the end of October 1914 as a part of the chief of staff of the XXIII Reserve Corps. He became a colonel on 17 April 1917. On 9 November 1917, he was awarded the Pour le Mérite. From 23 February 1918 he was Chief of the General Staff of the 2nd Army and from 16 July 1918 Commander of the 172nd Infantry Brigade. and on 22 April Major General Reinhold Gothsche because he had expressed doubts about the Endsieg. II Class (1914) Order of the Red Eagle, IV Class with crown Order of the Crown, 2nd Class with swords House Order of Hohenzollern, Knight's Cross with swords

Military Merit Order with swords Albert Order with swords Friedrich Order, II class with swords Hanseatic Cross Hamburg Cross Lübeck Cross Military Merit Cross, II Class Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves Pour le Mérite on 9 November 1917 Oak Leaves on 23 March 1918 Foreign Awards Order of the Iron Crown Military Merit Cross