Talk:Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg

Surname for indexing

For an entry in a keywords index, would his surname be Geyr von Schweppenburg, or otherwise? --Thanks, Deborahjay (talk) 07:47, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Peter Ustinov reminiscence

There's an interview with Peter Ustinov on YouTube here: [1] where he mentions von Schweppenburg being involved in a 1938 attempt to prevent the outbreak of war. Ustinov's father was a Press Attache attached to the German Embassy in London earlier, having left in 1935 and become a British Subject, and in 1938 he received a telephone call from von Schweppenburg (who was the German Military Attache at the time) in which he asked Ustinov's father to try and get the British Government to make a firm stand against Hitler at Munich, because von Schweppenburg said, it was the last chance they (i.e., the German General Staff), had of stopping Hitler. Ustinov's father was revealed in 1999 to have been working for British Intelligence at the time. A secret meeting was held between members of the German and British General Staff at Ustinov's home, on the fourth floor of 34 Redcliffe Gardens, London. The British however, decided, (presumably regarding the proposals put forward by the Germans at the meeting) that 'they couldn't risk it as it might be a trap'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.40.251.204 (talk) 22:39, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Use of "Freiherr"

The use of noble titles (such as Freiherr) ended with the collapse of Imperial Germany and the establishment of the Weimar Republic. The various titles, such as "Freiherr", that had been used by German nobility were retained as middle names. Astro$01 (talk) 02:58, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

The translation "Baron of the Empire" is almost humorously awkward. A more direct translation, far less awkward, would be "Imperial Baron", just as "Reichsgraf" should be translated as "Imperial Count" rather than "Count of the Empire" or similar.2603:6010:4500:7061:F9F5:27C2:8E26:85A5 (talk) 16:55, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

This is a worthless article

This is a worthless article. Intelligent Mr Toad (talk) 14:14, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

Your comment is somewhat unhelpful, as it lacks detail. Would you care to elaborate? – NULL ‹talk›
‹edits› 01:35, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Firstly, he was a Reichsfreiherr, not a Freiherr. Secondly, all the details of his military career are missing. When I have finished my current rewrite of the Rundstedt article I will give this one some attention. Intelligent Mr Toad (talk) 07:04, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

From what I understand, Reichsfreiherrs were still called Freiherr in title, both historically and present day. The German article on him at de:Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg seems to use Reichsfreiherr in his full name in the lede, but Freiherr elsewhere. The Bundesarchiv also seems to refer to him only as Freiherr here. – NULL ‹talk›
‹edits› 00:36, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Unsourced content

I'm preserving it here by providing this link. K.e.coffman (talk) 23:25, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

This reference (Rangliste des Deutschen Reichsheeres, Reichswehrministerium (Hrsg.): Rangliste des Deutschen Reichsheeres. E.S. Mittler & Sohn. Berlin 1930. S. 118.) verifies the following awards & decorations:

• Eisernes Kreuz (1914) II. und I. Klasse
• Ritterkreuz des Württembergischen Militärverdienstorden
• Friedrich-August-Kreuz II. und I. Klasse
• Verwundetenabzeichen (1918) in Schwarz
• Österreichisches Militärverdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
• Ritterkreuz IV. Klasse, II. Stufe des Bulgarischen Militärordens für Tapferkeit --92.228.36.50 (talk) 17:05, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

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