Hermann von Stein (1854–1927)

{{Short description|Prussian officer, General of the Artillery and Minister of War during World War I}}

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| name = Hermann von Stein

| image = Vonsteinhermannwarminister.jpg

| caption = Hermann von Stein during WWI

| birth_date = 13 September 1854

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1927|05|26|1854|09|13}}

| allegiance = {{flag|German Empire}} (to 1918)

| branch = Heer

| serviceyears = 1873–1918

| battles = World War I

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Hermann Christlieb Matthäus Stein, from 1913 von Stein (13 September 1854, in Wedderstedt – 26 May 1927, in Kloster Lehnin) was a Prussian officer, General of the Artillery and Minister of War during World War I. He was a recipient of Pour le Mérite.

Awards

Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch, Teil B 1941, Seite 480, Verlag Justus Perthes, Gotha 1941
Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon Band XIV, Seite 54, Band 131 der Gesamtreihe, C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2003
Der Völkerkrieg, Band 2, Seite 106, Casimir Hermann Baer (Herausgeber), Stuttgart 1914

{{succession box | title=Prussian Minister of War | before=Adolf Wild von Hohenborn | after=Heinrich Scheuch | years=29 October 1916–9 October 1918}}

{{s-ttl|title=Quartermaster-General of the German Army|years= 8 February 1914 – 10 October 1914}}

{{s-aft|after= [http://prussianmachine.com/aok/voigts-rhetz.htm Werner von Voigts-Rhetz]}}