Born in 1888 in Hohenstein-Ernsttal in the Kingdom of Saxony, General Hans-Wolfgang Reinhard's military career began in 1908 with his appointment as an fahnenjunker (officer candidate). By the outbreak of World War I, he had reached the rank of Oberleutnant and spent the conflict in a number of staff positions as well as field commands from company to regiment level, ending the war at the rank of hauptmann (captain). Staying employed with the greatly reduced Weimar-era German Army, moving between infantry, border patrol and artillery as needed, he achieved the rank of oberstleutnant (lieutenant colonel) by 1932. With the Nazi rise to power, he continued to advance in rank, becoming General of the Infantry in 1940. Among other wartime postings, he was commander of the 35th Infantry Division during the Invasion of France and Belgium, the LI Army Corps for the Invasion of Yugoslavia, the LXXXVIII Army Corps in opposition to Operation Market Garden, and finally was assigned to Wehrkries IV (Defense District 4, Dresden) less than two weeks before the Bombing of Dresden in February of 1945. His recorded distinctions include the 2nd and 1st Class Iron Cross for both World Wars, the Eastern Front Medal, and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on September 22, 1941, which would correspond with actions in Yugoslavia, either during the invasion itself or in dealing with partisan activities. Surviving the war, General Reinhard passed away in 1950. The included photocopied documentation is quite extensive, with service records, multiple pictures and field correspondence copied directly from original sources, as well additional supplemental information (primarily in German) on the campaigns in which he was involved. The tunic is standard feldgrau construction with a deep bottle green collar and red piping down the front, with the gold bullion general's tabs and a solid pair of General of the Branch shoulder boards. The right breast is fitted with a yellow thread Nazi eagle, with the left breast fitted below the pocket with a WWI pattern Black Wound Badge, the pocket with a WWI 1st Class Iron Cross with WWII "spange", and a ribbon bar above the pocket. The bar is outfitted with a 1914 2nd Class Iron Cross Ribbon with Spange, Military Order of St. Henry, Civil Order of Saxony with Swords, two Albert Order ribbons (one with silver crown and swords, one with gold swords), War Cross of Honor with Swords (aka the Hindenberg Cross), and two 2nd Class Long Service Ribbons (36 years cumulative service); these rewards would be appropriate for a World War veteran hailing from Saxony, but it should be noted that the Knight's Cross itself is absent from the set. The interior bears a maker's label of "Karl Fuchs/KARLSRUHE/KAISERSTR. 180" below the collar and "GUTEZEICHEN/DES HERRENSCHNEIDERHANDWERKS" on the left breast pocket, with the interior of the pocket bearing a second Fuchs label hand-signed to General Reinhard and dated 1941. The trousers are of gray twill cloth construction, with brad read stripes and piping down the legs, and a set of leather and cloth suspenders.

Very fine, with the cloth items showing light staining and wear overall, with a few small holes on the interior and a few very small rough spots on the exterior. An excellent World War II Heer General's uniform set connected to a man present for some of the major moments of both the beginning and the end of the Third Reich's military ambitions.