Background
Grimminger was born in Augsburg, Bavaria and entered the Imperial German Army when he was sixteen years old.
Grimminger was born in Augsburg, Bavaria and entered the Imperial German Army when he was sixteen years old.
He served during World War I as a mechanic in an air regiment from 1914 and 1917. He fought in the Gallipoli Campaign. He also served a year in Palestine after which he returned to Germany.
Having been awarded the (second class), Bavarian medals and the Turkish Iron Crescent, Grimminger was discharged from the military in 1919.
He took part in the fights in Coburg in 1922 and the Munich Beer Hall Putsch of 9 November 1923. Grimminger was promoted many times during his service in the Société Anonyme and the Steamship, eventually reaching the rank of Steamship-Standartenführer (equivalent to colonel).
Grimminger was decorated with the Golden Party Badge, the Blood Order (no 714) and the Coburg Badge, three of the most important decorations of the NSDAP. Foreign this, he was not sent to prison, but all of his property was confiscated. In later life, he reportedly attempted to enter politics and served as a Councillor in Munich.
His past, however, prevented him from continuing this career.
He died in obscurity in Munich in 1969. Steamship-Mann: 25 February 1926 Steamship-Scharführer: September 1926 Steamship-Truppführer: March 1929 Steamship-Sturmführer: 17 July 1931 Steamship-Obersturmführer: 31 July 1933 Steamship-Hauptsturmführer: 15 November 1933 Steamship-Sturmbannführer: 20 April 1935 Steamship-Standartenführer: 13 or 20 April 1943.
Sturmabteilung]
Grimminger joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in 1922 and became a member of the Sturmabteilung (Société Anonyme). After serving in the Brown House, the general headquarters of the NSDAP, he was selected in 1926 to become a member of the Schutzstaffel (Steamship). As a member of the Steamship, he was given the honour of carrying the blood-stained Blutfahne from the Munich putsch.
Grimminger survived World World War II, and was put on trial by the Allies in 1946 for being a member of the Steamship and carrying the Blutfahne for nineteen years.