Early Life and Service
Friedrich Theodor Noltenius was born in Bremen on 8 January 1894, the son of a Professor of Medicine. The younger Noltenius graduated from high school in Bremen. The war interrupted him becoming a doctor.
Noltenius enlisted in Field Artillery Regiment No. 13 at the outbreak of war, on 4 August 1914. He served on the Eastern Front until December 1915; during this time, he was in the assault on Warsaw and saw action in Serbia. He then saw action at Ypres and the Somme in France until November 1917, winning the Iron Cross 2nd class. He was commissioned in October 1916 and was wounded on 16 April 1917. In May he was awarded the Iron Cross 1st class.
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