settled regions along the fringes of Czechoslovakia, was annexed to Nazi Germany in 1938, he became a German subject. On 31 October 1940 Böhm-Ermolli received an honorary promotion to Generalfeldmarschall of the German Army. In addition, he was appointed honorary colonel-in-chief of Infantry Regiment 28 in his hometown of Troppau (Opava). When he died in December 1941, he was accorded a state funeral with full military honors in Vienna. Military service and promotion record Cadet, Austrian Military Academy at Wiener Neustadt, Class of 1875 Leutnant, K.u.K. Dragoon Regiment Nr 4, 1875 served as a general staff officer, 1870s to 1890s Oberst (Colonel), K.u.K., 1897 General-Major, 1903 Commander, 16th Cavalry Brigade Commander of a cavalry division Feldmarschall-Leutnant, K.u.K., 1907 Commander in chief, K.u.K. 1st Army Corps, November 18, 1911 General der Kavallerie, K.u.K., May 1, 1912 Commander in chief, K.u.K. 2nd Army General-Oberst, K.u.K., May 1, 1916 Commander, Army Group "Böhm-Ermolli", 1916 to 1918 Feldmarschall, K.u.K., January 31, 1918 Commander of occupied Ukraine, to June 17, 1918 Retired, December 1, 1918. (honorary) Generalfeldmarschall, Wehrmacht, 1940 Decorations and awards : Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen – Grand Cross, 1918 (#1687) Military Merit Cross – I. Class Cross with War Decoration Order of Leopold – Grand Cross, with War Decoration & Swords Order of the Iron Crown – Knight, I. Class, with War Decoration Military Order of Maria Theresa – Commander Decoration for Services to the Red Cross – Star of Honor Order of the Iron Crown – Knight, III. Class Military Merit Cross – III. Class Cross Military Merit Medal (Signum Laudis) – in Gold Military Merit Medal (Signum Laudis) – in Silver Officer’s Long Service Cross, III. Class (25+ years of service) 1898 Jubilee Medal (Emperor Franz Joseph I. Golden Jubilee) : Military Merit Order – Knight, Grand Cross : Iron Cross, 2nd Class Iron Cross, 1st Class Pour le Mérite Oakleaves to the Pour le Mérite : Ottoman War Medal (“Gallipoli Star”) Liyakat (Merit) Medal Imtiyaz (Honor) Medal Notes 1856 births 1941 deaths People from Ancona Field marshals of Austria Austro-Hungarian Army officers Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I Field marshals of Nazi Germany Barons of Austria Austrian expatriates in Italy Silesian nobility Czechoslovak military personnel Commanders Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class) Recipients of the Iron Cross,