Helmuth von Moltke

Field Marshall Helmuth von Moltke (1800-1891) was a Prussian general who lead Prussias armies to victory against Denmark, Austria, and France in the mid-nineteenth century. His victories gave Otto von Bismarck the diplomatic standing to preside over the unification of Germany.

In his office at the German embassy in Washington, DC, Alfred von Schleiffen had pictures of Moltke, Bismarck, and Kaiser Wilhelm I.