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E. Schnackenburg, Grenadiers on Horseback. A military-historical study. In: Yearbook for Army and Navy, Vol. 107, pp. 133 ff.

E. Schnackenburg, Grenadiers on Horseback.

Depiction of the uniforms of Dragoon Regiment No. 3 (Grenadiers on Horseback). By Krickel. Taken from the original regimental history: E. v. Hagen, History of the Neumark Dragoon Regiment No. 3, Berlin 1885.
Depiction of the uniforms of Dragoon Regiment No. 3 (Grenadiers on Horseback). By Krickel. Taken from the original regimental history: E. v. Hagen, History of the Neumark Dragoon Regiment No. 3, Berlin 1885.

The Dragoon Regiment D III bore since 22.08.1714 the honorable designation "Grenadiers on Horseback." To outwardly document this distinction, the formation was equipped with special headgear. In addition to the usual hats for light and medium service, the regiment thereafter wore a kind of fusilier cap (also shown in the Dessau specification of 1729); later it appears to have worn the set of grenadier caps relinquished by No. 6 (shown in the Dessau specification of 1737). However, due to a serious failure of a squadron of the regiment on 27.02.1741 at Baumgarten, it lost this special headgear and had to surrender it to Infantry Regiment No. 42.

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