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Oskar von Niedermayer

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German general (1885-1948)

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Oskar Ritter von Niedermayer was a German general, professor and a German spy. Sometimes referred to as the German Lawrence, Niedermayer is remembered for having led the 1915-1916 Persian and Indo-German-Turkish mission to Afghanistan and Persia during World War I in an endeavor to incite the Emir Habibullah Khan to...

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Military Order of Max Joseph
Luitpold Medal of Bavaria
Iron Cross
Military Merit Order (Bavaria)
Gallipoli Star
Liakat Medal
Order of Osmanieh
House Order of Hohenzollern
Military Merit Cross
Wound Badge (1918) in Black
Order of Military Merit (Bulgaria)
Wehrmacht Long Service Award
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
War Merit Cross

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Oskar Ritter von Niedermayer was a German general, professor and a German spy. Sometimes referred to as the German Lawrence, Niedermayer is remembered for having led the 1915-1916 Persian and Indo-German-Turkish mission to Afghanistan and Persia during World War I in an endeavor to incite the Emir Habibullah Khan to attack British India, as a part of the Persian and Hindu German Conspiracy as an adjunct to the German War effort. Between the World Wars, Niedermayer was the Reichswehr's representative in the Soviet Union and later associated with the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin.

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Germany
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Writers
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Status
deceased
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Lived 1885 to 1948 · aged 62
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11 languages

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