Press Photograph

Eduard Freiherr von Böhm-Ermolli (12 February 1856 – 9 December 1941) was an Austrian general during World War I who rose to the rank of field marshal in the Austro-Hungarian Army. He was the head of the Second Army and fought mainly on the front of Galicia during the entire conflict. On 30 October 1940, Böhm-Ermolli was made an honorary German Generalfeldmarschall. In addition, he was appointed honorary colonel-in-chief of Infantry Regiment 28 in his hometown of Troppau (Opava). When he died of natural causes in December 1941, he was accorded a state funeral with full military honors in Vienna. This press photo is a view of that ceremony, taken at the Höfburg. On display are many honours awarded to Ermolli during his distinguished career.