Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Krieghammer ya halarci makarantar soja ta Theresian a Wiener Neustadt, ya shiga matsayin laftanan a cikin rukunin 5 na Imperial da Royal Dragoons a 1849 sannan ya yi yaƙi a gefen Austriya a cikin Juyin Juya Halin Hungary
Ka yi haƙuri. Ya shiga cikin Yaƙin Italiya na biyu na 'Yancin kai a 1859 da Yaƙin Austro-Prussian a 1866, tare da matsayin Rittmeister. Bayan wani lokaci a cikin Kriegsschule, an daukaka shi zuwa Major da mai taimakawa na Sarkin sarakuna a 1869, sannan Oberst a 1874, Babban Janar a 1879, kuma a ƙarshe Laftanar filin filin a 1881.