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which could be granted to active officers only in the war. What's the basis of this assertion? I know that at least Colmar von der Goltz, for one, was promoted in peace time. So were a whole mess of royals. Mackensen 00:16, 30 Jul 2004 (UTC)

The article actually implies that by the late 19th century the practice of only promoting field commanders to field marshal and only in time of war had been discontinued, but I agree that it's misleading and needs a bit of backing up. I have heard the claim before, but have never actually seen any proof. Was this perhaps only the case in the pre-unification Prussian Army? -- Necrothesp 08:50, 30 Jul 2004 (UTC)

It probably was, sir, but I myself wonder how Karl Herzog von Braunschweig became a generalfeldmarschal in 1787.

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