(Old-)Prussian uniforms in a series of copperplate engravings from the end of the 18th century ("Wenner manuscript").
Photo series of an original copy formerly in the Bleckwenn/ Münster archive. Left to the author. As soon as the color slides are fully digitized, they will be published on this website. Furthermore, the hussar regiments are missing. Whether from the outset or only in this copy is not certain.
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Organisation
A contribution to the history of the Old Prussian Infantry Regiment Duke of Brunswick (IR No. 21).
Infantry Regiment No. 21 was formed in 1713 from various regiments returning from Dutch service, namely surplus personnel from five regiments. The canton (replacement district) lay in the Principality of Halberstadt, namely — in part — the counties of Wernigerode, Ilsenburg and Hohenstein and the towns Quedlinburg, Gröningen, Wegeleben, Halberstadt, Wernigerode, Derenburg, Bleicherode, Schsa, Ellrich and Beneckenstein.
Heeressoziologie
Laeso et invieto militi - the Old Prussian system for the care of disabled soldiers
Laeso et invieto militi = Inscription above the portal of the Berlin Invalidenhaus.
Kriegsgeschichte