. "German general" . "Mortimer von Kessel"@en . . . "(to 1933)" . "1893-05-25Z"^^ . "Head of the Army Personnel Department" . "1914Z"^^ . . "1981Z"^^ . "VII Panzer Corps" . "1893Z"^^ . . "1981-01-08Z"^^ . . "20th Panzer Division" . . . . "Kessel, Mortimer von"@en . "(to 1918)" . "Mortimer von Kessel (25 May 1893 \u2013 8 January 1981) was a Panzer General in the German army during the Second World War.He joined the Imperial German Army as an officer cadet in 1914 and was commissioned as a leutnant in the 12th Hussar Regiment on 22 March 1915 and was awarded the Iron Cross first and second class in the First World War."@en .