VON MOLTKE THE ELDER (Helmuth Karl Bernard, 1800-1891, Graf von, German Field Marshal)

Original Albumen carte de visite Photograph signed on the mount "von Moltke" showing him head and shoulders looking to one side, wearing decorations with his order of merit around his neck, 3½" x 2½", no place, no date, circa

He was a Prussian field marshal. The chief of staff of the Prussian Army for thirty years, he is regarded as the creator of a new, more modern method of directing armies in the field. He commanded troops in Europe and the Middle East, commanding during the Second Schleswig War, Austro-Prussian War and the Franco-Prussian War. A man of many parts, including an interest in developing the railways, which became a key factor in his strategy against Austria (1866) and France (1870). He was made Count on 29th October 1870 and Field Marshal on 16th June 1871.

Item Date:  1875

Stock No:  41741      £225

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