Eduard von B%C3%B6hm Ermolli


Eduard Freiherr von BhmErmolli was an Austrian general during World War I who rose to the rank of field marshal in the AustroHungarian Army. On October 30, 1940 he was promoted into a German generalfieldmarshal.

Eduard Bhm was born in the Italian city of Ancona where his father served with a small representative detachment of the AustroHungarian army. His father, Georg Bhm , had as a sergeant won a battlefield commission for bravery after the battle of Novara in 1849, been promoted to the rank of major upon his retirement in 1877. He was elevated to hereditary nobility in September 1885. In June 1885, he received permission to attach his wifes maiden name to his family name, and hence the family was known as von BhmErmolli.

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