2-715-240 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Helmuth von Moltke, (1936). German Field Marshal Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (1800-1891) was 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. From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]