Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kuhn akaberekwa musi wa15 July 1817 muProßnitz, Moravia, Austrian Empire (zvino Prostějov muCzech Republic), mwanakomana waMajor Franz von Kuhn (1772-1842), uyo akanga ava nomukurumbira muna 1823, uye mwanasikana womurimi Johanna Schwab (1787-1856). Akapedza zvidzidzo zvake nechikomborero paTheresian Military Academy muWiener Neustadt uye akapinda muchiuto muna 1837. Akashanda paquartermaster general staff saMajor munguva yehondo dza1848 na1849 muItaly uye
Hungary. Gare gare, Kuhn akanga ari mukuru mukuru we11th army corps muHungary kwemakore anoverengeka. Muna 1852 akapiwa chinzvimbo chebaronial uye akaroora Rosa von Thuren. Akakwidziridzwa kuva Oberstleutnant (lieutenant colonel) muna 1853. Muna 1856, Kuhn akava purofesa wezvirongwa zvechiuto pachikoro chechiuto muVienna. Akatora chikamu muChipiri Hondo yeItaly yeRusununguko muna 1859, semukuru wevashandi vakuru kuna Field Marshal Ferenc Gyulay, Musi waGumiguru 29, 1863, akasimudzirwa pachinzvimbo cheMajor General.