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NSFK-Gruppenführer Carl Croneiss or Croneiß (* January 9th, 1891 in Bad Dürkheim - † July 31st, 1973 or 1963 in Nürnberg) was a soldier in the NSFK during World War II.

Life and work
After attending elementary school and grammar school, he in 1911 with the Abitur left, he became a cadet in the Infantry Regiment 118 in a Worms. Later, he was at the Prussian military school in Kassel formed. In 1912 he received the officer's commission was issued in 1910.

Later Croneiss became Infantry Regiment 70 in Saarbrücken added he in 1914 at the First World War took part in which he initially on the Western Front fought before in the fall of 1914, the Air Force has been added. After training as a pilot he in 1915 was the first lieutenant promoted and Feldfliegerabteilung 4b in Vitry and the Feldfliegerabteilung 24 in Lille allocated. In the fall of 1915 Croneiss the German military mission in was Constantine Opel allocated: He spent the following years of the war as a pilot of the Ottoman Air Force, first as an imperial Ottoman Turkish captain of the Flying Section Chernahevicz, later in the Feldfliegerabteilung 1 Dardanelles. In 1916, he became the Feldfliegerabteilung 2 Irac, Baghdad allocated and Persia. In 1918 he became commander of the Turkish Flying School at San Stefano Konstantin Opel. 1919, commanding in was Turkey abolished. He returned to Germany, where he was adopted in 1920 with the rank of captain in the army. In war Croneiss with was the Iron Cross of both classes, the front-line fighters cross with swords, the Oldenburg Friedrich-August Cross I and II class, the Saxon Albertine Knight's Cross with Swords, the Hessian Bravery Medal, the Austrian Cross of Merit with Swords, the Turkish Imtias, the Liakat Medschidie, the crescent , the Wound Badge in Black and the pilot badge awarded.

From 1920 operated Croneiss in circles of the extreme political right: He was a member of Einwohnerwehr, then successively from Reichsflagge and werewolf , in which he appeared as a shock troop leader. Since 1924 Croneiss worked as a sports instructor. In 1926 he was the technical director of the German Vehicles Air AG.

Around 1930 Croneiss joined the Sturmabteilung on (SA). In 1932 he became leader of the storm SA group francs. In 1933, he was an airman Captain head of the flyer exercise station Nuremberg. In 1937, he was as NSFK -Gruppenführer leaders of the Group of 13 NSFK Nuremberg.

From April 1938 to the end of the Nazi regime in the spring of 1945 Croneiss also sat on Empire nomination in the Nazi Reichstag.

Awards

 * Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer


 * Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse (1914)


 * Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse (1914)


 * Frontkämpferkreuz mit Schwertern


 * Oldenburgischen Friedrich-August-Kreuz 1. Klasse


 * Oldenburgischen Friedrich-August-Kreuz 2. Klasse


 * Tapferkeitsmedaille


 * Österreichischen Verdienstkreuz mit Schwertern


 * Türkische Imtias


 * Liakat Medschidie


 * Eiserner Halbmond


 * Verwundetenabzeichen (1914) in Schwarz


 * Sächsisch Albertinischen Ritterkreuz mit Schwertern