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Cavallery in the german army until 1914

The Leib-Husaren Brigade (Hussars Brigade)

Two Death's Head Hussars ( Life Guard Hussars) with their horses at the Braunschweig fountain on the military training area.

Army 1871-1914: cavalry

Army 1871-1914: cavalry, before 1914, Germany, german empire

Two Zieten Hussars

One of the most traditional equestrian departments of the Prussian army was the Ziethenhusaren, once led by the famous Fridrician equestrian general.

Army 1871-1914: cavalry

Army 1871-1914: cavalry, before 1914, Germany, german empire

The King of Bamum in the German colony of Kamerun, around 1900

The King of Bamum in the German protectorate of Cameroon in a hussar uniform presented to him by the German Emperor.

August von Mackensen, 1901

Major General August von Mackensen, commander of the Leib-Husaren-Regiment (Life Hussars Regiment).

The greatest cavalryman, 1898

Shipbuilder and cavalryman Fritz Conrad in the Gardes du Corps regiment in Potsdam was the tallest cavalryman in the German army at his time. The picture shows him at the age of 21 with a height of 2.03 meters. The average height of the men in the German army was 1.70 metres.

Guards Cuirassiers at the great autumn parade, 1899

The right wing of the second meeting of the Berlin autumn parade on the Tempelhofer Feld in Berlin.

Officer of the German East Asiatic Infantry Regiment

An officer of the German East Asiatic Infantry Regiment before leaving for China.

East Asian cavalry regiment, 1900

The troops of the cavalry regiment of the East Asian expeditionary corps march through the streets of Potsdam in their new special uniforms.

Landwehr Cavalry, 1910

The Landwehr cavalry rides through the streets of Munich. People are watching the procession at the edge of the road (undated picture).

Manoeuvre of the Guards Corps near Belzig, around 1900

The Guards Cavalry during maneuvers. The photo is undated.

Attack of the Fuerstenwalde Uhlans

Attack of the Fuerstenwalde Uhlans during an exercise that took place in the presence of Prince Leopold of Bavaria.

Visit to a cavalry division

Accompanied by cavalry generals, Emperor Wilhelm II (centre right), followed by his wife Augusta Victoria, rides over the Tempelhof field near Berlin to visit a cavalry detachment.

Parade in Koenigsberg in Prussia, 1901

Hunters on horseback with new Maxim guns in front of the emperor, during the Koenigsberg parade.

Recruit life, 1902

Recruits on stable duty in the barracks, they are instructed by higher-ranking soldiers.

Army 1871-1914: cavalry

Army 1871-1914: cavalry, before 1914, Germany, german empire

NCO quadrille, 1903

The NCO quadrille of the Prussian Cuirassier Regiment Count Wrangel, under the command of Rittmeister von Gottberg (in front).

Riding lessons at the military college of the German army, 1903

Return from the terrain, during a riding lesson, obligatory for all armed services branches, of the Kriegsschule (war school) of the German Army.

Prussian Cuirassiers Regiment Count Wrangel, 1903

The NCO quadrille of the Prussian cuirassier regiment Graf Wrangel, under the command of cavalry captain von Gottberg (front), in 1903.

German cavalrymen put across a river, 1912

Dragoons use floats with rafts to cross a river. Saddles and luggage are on the rafts, while the troopers used their lances to connect the rafts together.

March of a German field company from Windhoek, 1904

Departure of a German mobile field company from Windhoek in German South West Africa. At the top, the officers and officials on horseback. They will fight against the rebellious Herero.

Crossing a body of water, 1904

Eight cavalrymen cross a body of water in a raft sack. Two other officers are watching the exercise.

River crossing exercise by means of float sacks

Temporary raft sacks tied together from shelter-halves are filled with straw to carry the soldiers across the water during an exercise. Officers give their instructions.

An imperial soldier with new kettledrum hangings, 1904

A soldier with the new kettledrum hangings donated by Emperor Wilhelm II to the Gardes du Corps regiment.

An imperial soldier with the new kettledrum hangings, 1904

A soldier with the new kettledrum hangings donated by Emperor Wilhelm II to the Gardes du Corps regiment in Potsdam.

Column in a maneuver, 1906

Cavalrymen of the German army ride in formation during an exercise.

Trumpets by the Imperial maneuvers, 1907

A cavalry trumpet gives the signal 'to stop!' at the end of maneuvers.

Guards Cuirassiers in Berlin 1909

Guards Cuirassiers in new gala uniforms, form the honor guard on the occasion of the visit of King Edward VII and his wife Princess Alexandra of Denmark on February 2, 1909 in Berlin. The soldiers wear bibs with the coat of arms of the Order of the Black Eagle (Schwarzer Adlerorden) and the inscription Suum cuique (to each his own).

Leibeskadron of the Gardes du Corps, 1908

Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia at the head of the Leibeskadron of the Gardes du Corps. After a painting by Werner Schuch, 1908.

Competition riding in Hanover, 1908

Military games at the competition riding of the Military Institute in Hannover.

Competition riding of the Military School of Equitation (Militaerreitschule) in Hanover, 1908

The ladies of the company, as far as they were passionate and good riders, were invited to participate in the competition alongside the officers. The participants in the picture trot up to the quadrille.

German Cuirassier, 1909

Satirical drawing of a Garde du Corps officer from the German magazine Simplicissimus

German hussar, 1909

Satirical drawing of a hussar from the German magazine Simplicissimus

Cecilie of Mecklenburg as head of a Dragoon Regiment in Oels, 1909

Crown Princess Cecilie of Mecklenburg (right side of the road) visited the Dragoon Regiment King Frederick III (2nd Silesian) No. 8 in Oels in Lower Silesia (today Olesnica in Poland). On the picture is the trumpet corps of the regiment. Cecilie was head of the regiment.

Military parade, 1909

A military parade of the Guard Uhlans in 1909.

Autumn parade on the Tempelhof field, 1909

Autumn parade on the Templehof Field near Berlin. The Leibgarde-Husaren-Regiment (Life Guard Hussar Regiment) passes the carriages of the accompanying ladies of the Berlin court society, who were allowed to take part in the military performance as spectators.

Parade of a quadrille

At the 175th regiment anniversary of the Ulanen-Regiment Grossherzog Friedrich von Baden Nr.7 in Saarbruecken, a quadrille parades in all the various uniforms the regiment had worn since its foundation.

Cuirassiers, 1909

Cuirassiers of the German Army.

Trumpeters of the bodyguard of the German Emperor, 1909

Soldiers of the trumpet corps of the bodyguard of Wilhelm II in their gala uniform.

On the Garden manor, 1910

Officers of the Imperial Staff of the Leibhusaren on the Garden estate with the owner's family on the outside staircase of the manor house. The soldiers are there for the annual social event "Herbstmanoever" (Autumn maneuvers).

Parade of the Bavarian Riding Regiment, 1910

Parade of the 1st Bavarian Heavy Cavalry Regiment in front of Prince Rupprecht.

At the imperial manoeuvres, 1910

The Blue Cavalry Division crosses the Elbe River. The picture shows Uhlans, cavalrymen armed with lances, disembarking.

Entry of the 6th Mounted Rifles (Jaeger-Regiment zu Pferde Nr. 6) in Erfurt, 1910

Entry of the 6th Mounted Rifles (Jaeger-Regiment zu Pferde Nr. 6) in Erfurt, the procession goes through Erfurt's main street, the Anger.

Totenkopfhusaren (Death's Head Hussars)

The famous Totenkopfhusaren (Death's Head Hussars), who were stationed in Gdansk, excelled in every manoeuvre with their skills in cavalry combat, although this cavalry training had become an anachronism since the invention of the machine gun and rapid-fire gun.

Ulan officers, 1910

Uhlan officers with a detachment in formation before a parade around 1910.

Crossing on the Rhine bridge

Staff of the Koenigs-Ulanen-Regiments (I. Hannoversches) No. 13, while crossing the Rhine bridge between Freistett and Gambsheim

Entry of the 20th Hussar Regiment in Bautzen, 1910

The newly formed Hussar Regiment No. 20 moved into its first garrison town Bautzen.

Cuirassiers of the Imperial Guard, c. 1910

Cuirassiers of the Imperial Guard at a music parade. Undated photo.

Imperial maneuver 1910

The Leibhusaren (Lifeguard Hussars) in the new field-grey uniform, replacing the old colourful uniform jacket.

Autumn parade in Berlin, 1910.

The parade march of the Leibgard-Husaren (Lifeguard Hussars) at the autumn parade in Berlin.

Wilhelm of Prussia as a hussar, 1911

Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia was commander of the 1. Leib-Husaren-Regiment from 1911 to 1913. In the picture he rides together with other hussars.

Cavalry attack during a maneuvers, 1912

The Fuerstenwald Uhlans attack in a maneuver which took place in the presence of Prince Leopold of Bavaria. Although such attacks were hardly feasible under the conditions of the former weapons technology, on still held on to them by tradition.

Cecilie of Mecklenburg and Victoria Louise of Prussia in uniforms, 1912

Princess Viktoria Louise of Prussia (left) and Crown Princess Cecilie of Mecklenburg (right) wear the uniforms of their Lifeguards Regiments. Both women were heads of regiments, Viktoria Louise was head of the 2. Leib-Husaren-Regiment "Koenigin Viktoria von Preussen" Nr. 2 and Cecilie was head of the Dragoner-Regiment Koenig Friedrich III. (2. Schlesisches) Nr. 8. Photo from the year 1912.

Imperial maneuver, 1912

An Uhlan of a blue outpost patrol is forced by an enemy patrol in a gorge of the village Hohenwussen, to take off his helmet cover, which for him means to be out of combat.

Patrol cross-country ride around the town of Ansbach, 1912

During the 1912 manoeuvres a patrol cross-country ride was held in the vicinity of Ansbach as part of a competition between individual cavalry troops, here crossing the Retzach.

Army 1871-1914: cavalry

Army 1871-1914: cavalry, before 1914, Germany, german empire

Count of Turin in the uniform of the Guards cuirassiers, 1912

On the occasion of his visit to Berlin, the Italian prince was photographed in the uniform of the Guards cuirassiers Regiment.

Crown Prince William of Hohenzollern with his sons, 1912

Crown Prince Wilhelm (left) returns from an exercise together with his sons Louis Ferdinand (before him on the horse) and Wilhelm (right) with soldiers of the Death's Head Hussars (1st Life Hussars Regiment No. 1) in Gdansk.

Swimming exercises of the 2nd Mounted Rifles (Jaeger-Regiment zu Pferde Nr. 2), 1912

Swimming exercises of the 2nd Mounted Rifles (Jaeger-Regiment zu Pferde Nr. 2) regiment in the Werra near Wanfried. In the picture, partially undressed soldiers on a canoe on the riverbank.

Russian and German officers, 1913

A Russian officer (left) with German professional colleagues.

Major von Bohlen and Halbach, 1913

The Major on the white horse with noncommissioned officers of his squadron, the 1st Squadron Hussar Regiment 16, a steep slope down climbing.

River crossing of a cavalry regiment, 1913

During the autumn maneuver of 1913, the hunting regiment to horse No. 6 practices the crossing of a river, here at the Weser near Hannoversch-Muenden. The horses were driven through the river and captured again by soldiers on this side, while the riders cross the river in pontoons.

Military parade in German Southwest Africa, 1913

A cavalry unit of the protection force at a parade on the occasion of an exhibition in Windhoek.

Swimming exercises of the 6th Mounted Rifles (Jaeger-Regiment zu Pferde Nr. 6), 1913

During the autumn manoeuvres in 1913 the 6th Mounted Rifles (Jaeger-Regiment zu Pferde Nr. 6) crosses the Weser near Hannoversch-Muenden. The horses are driven into the water and caught by waiting soldiers on the other bank.

Kaiser Wilhelm II with his general staff, 1913

Emperor Wilhelm II with his general staff at maneuver. On the left of the Emperor, General Scholl, on the right General Chief of Staff von Moltke.

Entry of the princely bridal couple in Berlin, 1913

A parade of the Zieten Hussars to mark the arrival of the princely bridal couple in Berlin.

Spring parade in Berlin, 1913

March of the Uhlans, a type of cavalry armed with lances.

Barracks guard of the Hussars Regiment of Zieten, 1913

The barrack guard of the Zieten Hussar Regiment Brandenburg No. 3 in Rathenow.

Recruits of a Cavalry Regiment Learn How to March, 1913

Under the scrutiny of a corporal, two soldiers practice marching.

Cavalry exercises at Doeberitz, 1914

During the last peace manoeuvres before the outbreak of World War I, in the summer of 1914, the favourite manoeuvre of the German Emperor Wilhelm II, the Great Attack, was played at the end, although at that time it was already militarily completely pointless due to the development of machine guns and rapid fire rifles.

Prussian Guards Cuirassiers march out, 1914

The Prussian Guards Cuirassiers march out from Berlin