Guards Cuirassiers (Prussia)
Ferdinand Rogalla von Bieberstein in the parade uniform of the Guards Cuirassiers
The Guards Cuirassiers (German: Garde-Kürassier-Regiment) were a heavy cavalry regiment of the Royal Prussian Army. Formed in 1815 as an Uhlans regiment, it was reorganized as a cuirassiers unit in 1821. The regiment was part of the Guards Cavalry Division and fought in the Second Schleswig War, the Austro-Prussian War, the Franco-Prussian War and World War I. The regiment was disbanded in September 1919.
References[]
- Schulz, Hugo (1992). Die preussischen Kavallerie-Regimenter 1913/1914 nach dem Gesetz vom 3. Juli 1913. Augsburg: Weltbild. pp. 12–13. ISBN 3893503439.
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- Guards cavalry regiments of the Prussian Army
- Military units and formations established in 1815
- Military units and formations disestablished in 1919
- Royal guards
- 1815 establishments in Prussia