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33rd Fusilier Regiment "Duke von Roon" (1st
East Prussian)
The Füsilier-Regt. Graf Roon (1.Ostpreußisches) Nr.33
were originally formed on 6th March 1749 under King Frederick I
of Sweden (West Pomerania had been Swedish since the Treaty of
Stettin in 1653). Under Swedish command they fought against
Prussia in the Seven Years War, Russia in 1788, France in
1805-07, Russia again in 1808 and France again in 1813.
Swedish rule was ended when
Napoleon occupied Pomerania in 1813. Prussia took control from
1815 and the regiment was re-formed under Prussian command as
the 33. Infanterie Regiment von Engelbrechten. The title
Fusilier was awarded in 1860.
In the Austro-Prussian War of
1866, the regiment fought at the Battle of
Königsgrätz.
In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 the regiment fought at the
Battles of Gravelotte-St.Privat and Bapaume and the Siege of
Metz.
From 1889 they took the title of
von Roon in memory of their former colonel in chief, Albrecht
Graf von Roon, the Prussian general best known for his army
reforms of the 1860s. Von Roon had died ten years before in
1879.
In 1914 they were garrisoned at Gumbinnen
(modern Gusev in the Russian Province of Kaliningrad) as part of
the I Army Corps. During the First World War they served on the
Eastern Front notably at the Battles of Tannenberg and the
Mausurian Lakes. In 1917 they were transferred to the Western
Front and served in Flanders.
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Uniform
Distinctions |
| Helmet Plate: |
Yellow
metal Prussian Line Eagle. The 5th and 6th companies had a
scroll across
the eagle's breast reading "Für
Auszeichnung d. vormalig Königl.Schwedischen LeibRegt. Königin"
(Award for the former Royal Swedish Queen's Life
Regiment). |
| State
Cockade: |
Prussian (black/white/black) |
| Parade
Plume: |
None |
| Capband and
piping: |
Red |
| Tunic
Buttons: |
Yellow metal |
| Shoulder
Straps: |
White with a red number 33 |
| Collar: |
Red piped along the upper
edge in dark blue |
|
Cuffs: |
Brandenburg style in red
with white piping around the vertical panel |
34th Fusilier Regiment "Queen Victoria
of Sweden" (1st Pomeranian)
The Füsilier-Regt. Königin Viktoria von Schweden
(1.Pommersches) Nr.34 were originally formed on 12th October
1720 under Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (West Pomerania had
been Swedish since the Treaty of Stettin in 1653). as the
Stralsundisches Garnison-Regiment and re-named
Leib-Regiment Ihrer Majestät der Königin in 1722. Under
Swedish command they fought against Prussia in the Seven Years
War, Russia in 1788, France in 1805-07, Russia again in 1808 and
France again in 1813.
Swedish rule was ended when
Napoleon occupied Pomerania in 1813, and Prussia took control
from 1815. The regiment was then re-formed under Prussian
command and from 1820 became the 34. Infanterie-Regiment.
The title Fusilier was awarded in 1860.
In the Austro-Prussian War of
1866, the regiment fought at the Battle of
Königsgrätz.
In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 the regiment fought at the
Siege of Strasbourg.
To continue the connection with
the Swedish queen consort, Victoria of Baden was the honorary
colonel in chief.
In 1914 they were garrisoned at
Stettin with the II Btn at Swinemünde
as part f the II Army Corps. During the First World War they
initially served on the Western Front notably at the Battles of
Mons and Ypres, then in November 1914 transferred to the Eastern
Front where they remained until after Russia's defeat. They
transferred back to Flanders in October 1918.
|
Uniform
Distinctions |
| Helmet Plate: |
Yellow
metal Prussian Line Eagle. The I and II Battalions had
had a scroll across
the eagle's breast reading "Für
Auszeichnung d. vormalig Königl.Schwedischen LeibRegt. Königin"
(Award for the former Royal Swedish Queen's Life
Regiment). |
| State
Cockade: |
Prussian (black/white/black) |
| Parade
Plume: |
None |
| Capband and
piping: |
Red |
| Tunic
Buttons: |
Yellow metal |
| Shoulder
Straps: |
White with a red
crowned V monogram for Queen Victoria of Sweden |
| Collar: |
Red piped along the upper
edge in dark blue |
|
Cuffs: |
Brandenburg style in red |
35th Fusilier Regiment "Prince Heinrich
of Prussia" (1st Brandenburg)
The Füsilier-Regt. Prinz Heinrich von Preußen
(1.Brandenburgisches) Nr.35 was formed on 13th December 1815
as the 34. Infanterie Regiment but from 1820 was
re-numbered as the 35. Infanterie-Regiment. The title of
Fusilier was added in 1860.
In 1848 they fought
revolutionaries in Frankfurt. The
regiment fought against Denmark in the 1864 Second Schleswig
War. In the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, the regiment fought at
the Battle of
Königsgrätz.
In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 the regiment fought at the
Battles of Mars la Tour and Gravelotte-St.Privat and the Siege
of Metz.
From 1896 the colonel in chief
was Prince Heinrich of Prussia (a younger brother of Kaiser
Wilhelm II) from whom the regiment took its name. In 1914 they
were garrisoned at Brandenburg as part of the III Army Corps.
During the First World War they
initially served on the Western Front notably at the Siege of
Liege and Battle of Mons. In 1915 they transferred to the
Serbian Front, then back to the West in 1916 for the Battle of
Verdun, then to the Eastern Front in 1917 and back to France for
the German Spring Offensive of 1918.
|
Uniform
Distinctions |
| Helmet Plate: |
Yellow
metal Prussian Line Eagle |
| State
Cockade: |
Prussian (black/white/black |
| Parade
Plume: |
None |
| Capband and
piping: |
Red |
| Tunic
Buttons: |
Yellow metal |
| Shoulder
Straps: |
Red with a yellow
number 35 |
| Collar: |
Red piped along the upper
edge in dark blue |
|
Cuffs: |
Brandenburg style in red
with white piping around the vertical panel |
36th Fusilier Regiment "Field Marshal
Duke Blumenthal" (1st Magdeburg)
The Füsilier-Regt.
General-Feldmarschall Graf Blumenthal (1.Magdeburgisches) Nr.36
was formed on
13th December 1815 and by 1820 was known as the 36.
Infanterie-Regiment, becoming the Magdeburgisches
Füsilier-Regiment Nr. 36 in 1860.
In the Austro-Prussian War of
1866, the regiment fought the Austrians and their South German
allies between the Main and Tauber at
Uettingen and
Rossbrunn. In the
Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 the regiment fought at the Battle
of Gravelotte-St.Privat and the Siege of Metz.
They took the title
General-Feldmarschall Graf Blumenthal after Leonhard Graf
von Blumenthal, the Prussian general of the Austro-Prussian and
Franco-Prussian Wars who had died earlier that year.
In 1914 they were garrisoned at Halle
with the II Btn at Bernburg as part of the IV Army Corps. During
the First World War they served on the Western Front notably at
the Battles of the Somme and Cambrai.
|
Uniform
Distinctions |
| Helmet Plate: |
Yellow
metal Prussian Line Eagle |
| State
Cockade: |
Prussian (black/white/black |
| Parade
Plume: |
None |
| Capband and
piping: |
Red |
| Tunic
Buttons: |
Yellow metal |
| Shoulder
Straps: |
Red with a yellow
number 36 |
| Collar: |
Red piped along the upper
edge in dark blue |
|
Cuffs: |
Brandenburg style in red |
37th Fusilier Regiment "Von Steinmetz"
(1st West Prussian)
The Füsilier-Regt. von Steinmetz
(1.Westpreußisches) Nr.37 was formed on
26th January 1818 as the 38. Infanterie-Regiment, which
was changed to the 37. Infanterie-Regiment in 1820. The
title Fusilier was added in 1860.
In the Austro-Prussian War of
1866, the regiment fought at the Battle of
Königsgrätz.
In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 the regiment fought at the
Battles of
Wörth and Sedan
and the Siege of Paris.
In 1889 they took the title
von Steinmetz after their former colonel in chief, Karl
Friedrich von Steinmetz the Prussian General of the
Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian Wars.
In 1914 they were garrisoned at Krotoschin
(modern Krotoszyn
in Poland) as part of the V Army Corps. During the First World
War they served on the Western Front notably at the Battles of
Verdun and the Somme.
|
Uniform
Distinctions |
| Helmet Plate: |
Yellow metal Prussian Line
Eagle |
| State
Cockade: |
Prussian
(black/white/black) |
| Parade
Plume: |
None |
| Capband and
piping: |
Red |
| Tunic
Buttons: |
Yellow metal |
| Shoulder
Straps: |
Yellow with a red number 37 |
| Collar: |
Red piped along the upper
edge in dark blue |
|
Cuffs: |
Brandenburg style in red
with white piping around the vertical panel |
38th Fusilier Regiment "Duke Moltke"
(1st Silesian)
The Füsilier-Regt. Feldmarschall Graf Moltke (1.Schlesisches) Nr.38
was formed on
26th January 1818. It was initially numbered as the 35th, then
37th and finally in 1829 the 38. Infanterie-Regiment. The
title Fusilier was added in 1860.
In 1848-49 the regiment was
deployed to fight revolutionaries in Frankfurt and Baden. In the
Austro-Prussian War of 1866, the regiment fought at the Battle
of
Königsgrätz. In the
Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 the regiment fought at the Siege
of Paris.
In 1891 they took the title
von Moltke after Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian
General and modernising Chief of Staff during the Second
Schleswig, Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian Wars who had died
earlier that year.
In 1914 they were garrisoned at
Glatz (modern Kłodzko in Poland) as part of the VI Army Corps.
During the First World War they served on the Western Front
notably at the Battles of the Somme and Cambrai.
|
Uniform
Distinctions |
| Helmet Plate: |
Yellow
metal Prussian Line Eagle |
| State
Cockade: |
Prussian (black/white/black) |
| Parade
Plume: |
None |
| Capband and
piping: |
Red |
| Tunic
Buttons: |
Yellow metal |
| Shoulder
Straps: |
Yellow with a red
number 38 |
| Collar: |
Red piped along the upper
edge in dark blue |
|
Cuffs: |
Brandenburg style in red |
39th Fusilier Regiment (Lower
Rhineland)
The Niederrheinisches Füsilier-Regt. Nr.39
was formed on
26th January 1818 as the 36. Infanterie-Regiment, which
was changed to 39th in 1820. The title Fusilier was added in
1860.
In the Austro-Prussian War of
1866, the regiment fought the Austrians and their South German
allies between the Main and Tauber at
Uettingen,
Rossbrunn and the Bavarians at Helmstadt.
In the Franco-Prussian War of
1870-71 the regiment fought at the Battle of
Gravelotte-St.Privat and the Siege of Metz. In 1891 Archduke
Rainer Ferdinand of Austria, a grandson of Emperor Leopold II,
Austrian General and Prime Minister and was made colonel in
chief.
In 1914 they were garrisoned at
Dusseldorf as part f the VII Army Corps. During the First World
War they served on the Western Front notably at the Siege of
Liege, the Battle of Verdun and the Spring Offensive of 1918.
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Uniform
Distinctions |
| Helmet Plate: |
Yellow
metal Prussian Line Eagle |
| State
Cockade: |
Prussian (black/white/black) |
| Parade
Plume: |
None |
| Capband and
piping: |
Red |
| Tunic
Buttons: |
Yellow metal |
| Shoulder
Straps: |
Blue with a red number 39 |
| Collar: |
Red piped along the upper
edge in dark blue |
|
Cuffs: |
Brandenburg style in red
with white piping around the vertical panel |
40th Fusilier Regiment "Prince
Karl-Anton von Hohenzollern" (1st Hohenzollern)
The Füsilier-Regt. Fürst Karl-Anton von Hohenzollern (1.Hohenzollernsches) Nr.40
was formed on
26th January 1818 and from 1820 was named the 40.
Infanterie-Regiment. The title Fusilier was added in 1860.
In the Austro-Prussian War of
1866, the regiment fought at the Battle of
Königsgrätz.
In the Franco-Prussian
War of 1870-71 the regiment fought at the Battles of
Mars-la-Tour and Gravelotte-St.Privat and the Siege of Metz.
The regiment was recruited from
the small Principality of Hohenzollern between Baden and
Württemberg in South-Western Germany. The state had been made
independent in 1815 at the Congress of Vienna but was annexed by
Prussia after Prince Karl abdicated during the 1848 Revolutions.
The Princely line of Hohenzollern retained their titles, Prince
Karl Anton being colonel in chief of the regiment from 1877 and
succeeded by his son Prince Leopold in 1885-1905. The regiment
took the title Fürst Karl-Anton von Hohenzollern in 1889.
In 1914 they were garrisoned at
Rastatt in the neighbouring Grand Duchy of Baden as part of the
XIV Army Corps. They were the only Prussian regiment in this
otherwise Baden Army Corps. During the First World War they
served on the Western Front notably at the Battles of Champagne
and Cambrai.
|
Uniform
Distinctions |
| Helmet Plate: |
Yellow
metal Prussian Line Eagle |
| State
Cockade: |
Prussian (black/white/black) |
| Parade
Plume: |
None |
| Capband and
piping: |
Red |
| Tunic
Buttons: |
Yellow metal |
| Shoulder
Straps: |
Blue with a red number
40 |
| Collar: |
Red piped along the upper
edge in dark blue |
|
Cuffs: |
Brandenburg style in red |
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