Jabarkan Tanggal kenaikan pangkat dari August von Mackensen

Vizewachtmeister - 5 Oktober 1870

Sekondeleutnant - 3 Desember 1870

Premierleutnant - 9 Juli 1878

Rittmeister - 21 September 1882

Major - 15 Oktober 1888

Oberstleutnant - 27 Januari 1894

Oberst - 22 Maret 1897

Generalmajor - 18 April 1900

Generalleutnant - 11 September 1903

General der Kavallerie - 27 Januari 1908

Generaloberst - 27 Desember 1914

Generalfeldmarschall - 22 Juni 1915

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''Hausser Elastolin Spielzeug 1939-40' (toy catalog)

Die Deutsche Wochenschau 16 December 1944 Danish language version. 2:42 min: celebration of 95th birthday of August von Mackensen on December 6, 1944.