Prussian Soldier Types from the 'Soldatenfreund'
Illustrations of Prussian soldier types from the periodical: Der Soldatenfreund. The publisher and initially sole editor was the military historian Louis Schneider. The periodical was published from the mid-19th century into the First World War. Its final title was: Feld-Soldatenfreund – Journal for the German Soldier.
Recommended Articles
Heeressoziologie
Friedrich Frhr. v. Schroetter, The Development of the Term "Servis" in the Prussian Military System.
Research on Brandenburg and Prussian History, 1900, pp. 1 ff.
Uniformierung & Ausrüstung
The History of the Old Prussian Cuirassiers (Pohl) - K 5
Based on an original manuscript. It is clearly based on the history of the clothing, armament, and equipment of the Royal Prussian Army / By the Most Supreme Order of His Majesty ... published by the Royal War Ministry. Edited by Constantin Kling; Vol. 2: The Cuirassier and Dragoon Regiments from the beginning of the 18th century until the reorganization of the army in 1808.
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.