2-715-229 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Bismarck and Moltke at Königgratz, 3 July 1866, (1936). 'Bismarck Und Moltke Bei Königgrätz, 3 Juli 1866'. Prussian officers Otto von Bismarck (1815-189) and Helmuth von Moltke (1800-1891) on the battlefield. The Battle of Königgrätz took place near Königgrätz in Bohemia (modern-day Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic). It was the decisive battle of the Austro-Prussian War in which the Kingdom of Prussia defeated the Austrian Empire. From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]