von Moltke the Elder (Helmuth)

Vintage carte de visite depicting the Prussian Field Marshal in a head and shoulders pose, signed "Von Moltke" on the mount below the image, minor soiling and handling wear, 10 x 6.3cm.

***Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (1800-1891) 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.