History of the Uniforms of the Old Prussian Dragoons (Gauker)

The individual regiments D I - XII (D XI is missing)

Dragoons - Uniforms and Equipment - General I. - the following plates originate from the original working collection of the tin-figure collector Franz Gauker (deceased). Illustration in outline: Adolph v. Menzel, Drummer of the Dragoon Regiment Bayreuth (D V). Taken from Martin Lezius, Das Ehrenkleid des Soldaten, 1936, p. 209.

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