The Military Retinue of the German Princes and the Household Troops from 1871 to 1914. The book has 480 pages, well illustrated with over 1200 photos. The book is bound in linen with a hard cover. Gallery below shows example pages. German language version.
Autor: Ulrich Herr, Jens Nguyen
ISBN: 978-3-903341-43-2 (German) or 978-3-903341-44-9 (English)
Issue info: 480 pages, over 1200 colour photos, including present-day photos and illustrations, bound in linen. Size: 29.5 x 26.0 cm.
- Book is published by Verlag Militaria, highly appreciated military history publishing house.
- We send the book in 14 days after receiving the payment.
ITEM DESCRIPTION IN ENGLISH
The clothing and equipment of the German Imperial Army was proverbially colourful. It reflected not only the federal statehood of the empire founded in 1871, but also the traditionally differently uniformed and equipped branches of the army. This becomes particularly clear in this volume, which for the first time describes the clothing and equipment of the military retinues of all the federal princes and the household troops between 1871 and 1914.
The first part of the book deals with the military retinue of the German princes. These are officers who were assigned to the kings, grand dukes, dukes, princes and regents (e.g. in Bavaria between 1886 and 1913). These general and wing adjutants and generals à la suite were distinguished from the troop officers by their special uniform insignia.
The household troops presented in the second part, such as the Prussian Castle Guard Company and Life Guards, the Hessian Guards NCO Company, the Wurttemberg Castle Guard Company and the Bavarian Life Guards of the Hartschiere, were characterised by particularly splendid uniforms. The Prussian mounted Feldjägerkorps, the Ordonnanzgendarmen of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and the Gothaer Schlossgardistenkorps are also covered - although they are not domestic troops in the narrower sense. In addition, the gala dress of the Prussian regiment of the Gardes du Corps and the 1st company of the Mecklenburg Grenadier Regiment No. 89 is also covered.
This volume follows on from the volumes already published on the German cavalry, infantry, generals, artillery, pioneers, transport troops and train from 1871 to 1914. As in the previously published volumes, important public and private collections made it possible to provide a rich selection of illustrations of original items of clothing and equipment. Many of these are being published for the first time. Contemporary, mostly previously unpublished photos complement the colour photographs.
