Max von Bahrfeldt
| Max Ferdinand von Bahrfeldt | |
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General Max von Bahrfeldt
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| Born |
6 February 1856 Willmine, Kingdom of Prussia German Empire |
| Died | 11 April 1936 (aged 80) Halle an der Saale, Germany |
| Allegiance |
 German Empire
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| Service/branch | Imperial German Army |
| Years of service | 1873–1916 |
| Rank | General der Infanterie |
| Unit | 75th Infantry Regiment |
| Commands held |
37th Infantry Division 19th Reserve Division 10th Reserve Division |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
Order of the Red Eagle Order of the Crown |
| Relations | Emil Bahrfeldt |
Max Ferdinand Bahrfeldt, ennobled as von Bahrfeldt in 1913 (February 6, 1856, Willmine, District of Templin, Uckermark – April 11, 1936, Halle an der Saale) was a royal Prussian General of the infantry, a local historian, and a numismatist of world renown. In the anglophone and francophone world, however, he was also notorious as the alleged perpetrator of atrocities in Charleroi, Belgium, during the German invasion of 1914.
Bahrfeldt was born into a family from Prenzlau in the Uckermark. Joining the Corps of Cadets in 1869 he was made a Lieutenant in the 75th Infantry Regiment "Bremen" in 1873, stationed at Stade. Bahrfeldt had been interested in numismatics from his youth. He specialized in the coinage of the Roman Republic and the coins of Lower Saxony. Bahrfeldt commenced his numismatic researches while he was in the Army and he published his first numismatic essay in 1874. One year later he became co-editor of the Numismatisch-Sphragistischer Anzeiger. Zeitung für Münz-, Siegel-, und Wappenkunde (published in Hannover). 3 years later he was assigned to the post of Regimental Adutant. During this period he served as secretary for the local historical society and curated its coin collection. He also carried out excavations at the Perleberg site of the beaker people.
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