Scenes from the Everyday Service of the Old Army - Cavalry - Horseshoeing
The horseshoeing of the horses was performed by the regiment's farriers, usually in their own forges in the garrison. On the march, village blacksmiths, etc., were used.
In the field there were special field forges.
Horseshoeing was learned in special training forges. In 1914 there were eight military training forges.
The Prussian training forges were in Berlin, Breslau, Frankfurt a. M., Hanover, Karlsruhe and Königsberg/ East Prussia; the Saxon training forge was in Dresden.
Appropriate courses were held there.
Senior regimental farriers, regimental farriers and farriers qualified to be regimental farriers wore as a badge on the left sleeve a horseshoe or a double horseshoe.
For senior regimental and regimental farriers it was made of braid.
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