15th Medical Battalion (German Army)

March 2025 March 2025 Former medical unit of the German Army 15th Medical Battalion Sanitätsabteilung 15 1914 - 1945 Battalion German Empire Nazi Germany Frankfurt, Kassel Combat service support Germany empire Germany Weimar Germany Nazi XXII Army Corps, 15th Infantry Division World War I, World War II thumb|The red cross, the protective sign used by the Army Medical Service The 15th Medical Battalion (de Sanitätsabteilung 15) was a non-combat battalion of the German Army Medical Service during the First World War, the interwar period and the Second World War. It was based in Frankfurt and Kassel and consisted of personnel from Hesse. Organization It consisted of the following squadrons: Aschaffenburg Medical Squadron Büdingen Medical Squadron Frankfurt/Main Medical Squadron Fulda Medical Squadron Hanau Medical Squadron Ohrdruf Medical Squadron History The battalion was established during the German Empire as a battalion of the Royal Prussian Army and saw active service during the First World War. In 1919, its headquarters was moved to Kassel and it was merged with the 11th Medical Battalion.Armee-Verordnungs-Blatt, Vol. 53, p. 470, 1919, Prussian Ministry of War From the 1930s it was attached to the IX Army Corps and headquartered in Frankfurt. The battalion exclusively saw service in a medical capacity and thus held non-combatant status under the laws of war. Personnel Most of the personnel of the 15th Medical Battalion were conscripted officers and soldiers, and included military physicians and other medics. Commanding officers Colonel (later Major-General) Dr August Blum (1889–1952), 1938–26 August 1939 Colonel (later Brigadier General) Dr Georg Ludewig (1887–1962), 11 June 1940 – 11 June 1941 References Literature Alex Buchner, The German Army Medical Corps in World War II, Schiffer Publishing (Schiffer Military History), 1999, 0764306928, originally published in German as Der Sanitätsdienst des Heeres 1939–1945, Podzun-Pallas, 1995, 3790905542 Category:Army Medical Service (Germany) Category:Organisations based in Frankfurt