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Hiltl & Schindler, Prussia's Army, Picture Series 1875

G. Hiltl & C. F. Schindler, Prussia's Army, published by H. J. Meidinger, Berlin 1875 (incomplete)

Uniformierung & Ausrüstung

Ludwig Burger, The Royal Prussian Army in its Latest Reorganization, Berlin 1865. Picture series.

Heeressoziologie

Foreigners in the Old Prussian Army

The replacement system of the Old Prussian Army, which combined the canton system and recruitment1, resulted consequently in a composition of natives and foreigners; the rank-and-file therefore consisted of two completely different components.

Organisation

The Prussian Army under Frederick William I (1713 - 40) - Chapter 5 - The Cavalry

When Frederick William I ascended the throne in 1713, he found 97 cavalry companies (house troops = Garde du Corps and Gens d`armes and 13 regiments, as well as 1 free company) with 7,737 men (= 3,791 Reuter and 3,946 dragoons).

Heeressoziologie

Welfare Measures for Soldiers' Wives and Children in the Old Prussian Army

The essay was originally published in: Zeitschrift für Heereskunde, No. 328 November/December 1986, p. 139 ff. p. 139 ff.

Heeressoziologie

Notes on the Height of the Old Prussian Soldier - Tactical Background, Requirements and Practice

The essay was originally published in: Zeitschrift für Heereskunde, No. 354 March/April 1991, pp. 43 ff.

Heeressoziologie

Friedrich Christoph von Saldern - a nobleman of the Mark of Brandenburg.

The essay already appeared in the Zeitschrift für Heereskunde, 1994, pp. 137 ff.

Heeressoziologie

The Freiwächter in the Old Prussian Army

The essay was originally published in: Zeitschrift für Heereskunde, No. 360 March/April 1992, p. 32 ff.

Organisation

Schnackenburg, The Freikorps of Frederick the Great. A contribution to Prussian military history, in: Supplement to the Militärisches Wochenblatt 1883, 311 ff.

Uniformierung & Ausrüstung

F. Dopp, Advances in Artillery under Frederick the Great.

Uniformierung & Ausrüstung

The uniforms of the Old Prussian infantry in the year 1729.

The Dessau specifications of 1729 and 1737 are princely birthday presents, namely from Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Dessau (03.07.1676 in Dessau; † 09.04.1747 there) to King Frederick William I. (reigned 1713-40).

Organisation

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

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.