Uniforms and Equipment of the Old Army - Cavalry - Uhlan Regiments - King's Uhlan Regiment (1st Hanoverian) No. 13.
The unit's foundation day is considered to be 19 December 1813 in the tradition of the Royal Hanoverian Regiment Garde du Corps.
The regiment was established on 31 October 1866 (27 September 1866 according to Haber) in Potsdam from the 5th squadron of the Garde du Corps Regiment, the 5th squadron of the 1st Guard Uhlan Regiment, the 5th squadron of the 2nd Guard Uhlan Regiment and the 5th squadron of the 3rd Guard Uhlan Regiment.
In the period 1866–67 the regiment was called: Uhlan Regiment No. 13.
The standard was presented to the regiment on 24 June 1867.
From 1867 (until 1889) the formation was then called: 1st Hanoverian Uhlan Regiment No. 13.
On 13 September 1889 Emperor Wilhelm II appointed himself as regimental chief (as King of Prussia) and conferred on the unit its final name King's Uhlan Regiment (1st Hanoverian) No. 13.
The regiment was garrisoned in Hanover (also Burgdorf until 1869).
The recruits for the formation came from the Landdrostei districts: Hanover, Hildesheim, Aurich, Lüneburg and, since 1872, Alsace-Lorraine.
The regiment was disbanded on 1 October 1919 after the lost First World War.
The remounts were supplied to the regiment from the depots Ferdinandhof and Treptow.
The unit had a white distinction color, so the collars, cuffs, facings and buttons on the ulanka were white.
The shoulder straps bore on the white cloth the intertwined monogram WR II with crown.
From 24 January 1899 the King's Uhlan Regiment (1st Hanoverian) No. 13 wore the device ribbon: PENINSULA WATERLOO GARZIA - HERNANDEZ on the Guard eagle.
Previously the czapka showed the heraldic eagle with FR.
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