Hermann von Eichhorn

Hermann Emil Gottfried von Eichhorn (February 13, 1848 – July 30, 1918) was a Prussian officer, later Field Marshal during World War I.

Biography
Eichhorn was born in Breslau in the Kingdom of Prussia in 1848. His first time he fought during the Austro-Prussian War. Eichhorn received the Pour le Mérite on August 18, 1915.

On July 30, 1918 he died by assassination in Kiev. He is buried in Berlin.

Awards

 * Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class (31 August 1871)
 * Order of the Crown (Prussia), 1st class (17 January 1904)
 * Order of Philip the Magnanimous (8 September 1905)
 * Order of the Red Eagle - Grand Cross with Oak Leaves (20 August 1907)
 * Pour le Mérite (18 August 1915) with Oak Leaves (28 September 1915)
 * Military Order of St. Henry Commander Second Class (25 October 1916)
 * University of Berlin - Honorary Doctorate (18 February 1918)