Eberhard Graf von Schmettow

Eberhard Graf von Schmettow
Birth nameBernhard Gottfried Max Hugo Eberhard von Schmettow
Born17 September 1861
Halberstadt, Prussia
Died21 January 1935(1935-01-21) (aged 73)
Görlitz, Germany
Allegiance German Empire
Service/branch Imperial German Army
Years of service1881–1919
RankGeneralleutnant
Commands held1st Life Cuirassier Regiment
5th Cavalry Brigade
Guards Hussar Brigade
9th Cavalry Division
8th Cavalry Division
Cavalry Corps Schmettow
65th Corps z.b.V.
Battles/warsWorld War I
AwardsOrder of the Red Eagle
Pour le Mérite with oak leaves

Bernhard Gottfried Max Hugo Eberhard, Graf von Schmettow, usually shortened to Eberhard Graf von Schmettow, (17 September 1861 – 21 January 1935) was a German general of World War I.


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