Guards Corps (German Empire)
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The Guards Corps/GK was a corps level command of the Prussian and then the Imperial German Armies from the 19th century to World War I.
Uniforms of the Guards Corps' infantry and artillery during La Belle Époque
Uniforms of the Guards Corps' cavalry and Jäger units during La Belle Époque
2nd Ox and Bucks defeating the Prussian Guard at Nonne Bosschen. Painting by William Barnes Wollen (1857–1936)
Imperial German Army
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The Imperial German Army, officially referred to as the German Army, was the unified ground and air force of the German Empire. It was established in 1871 with the political unification of Germany und
Guards Corps (German Empire)
…The Guards Corps/GK (German: Gardekorps) was a corps level command of the Prussian and then the Imperial German Armies from the 19th century to World War I. The Corps was headquartered in Berlin, with its units garrisoned in the city and nearby towns (Potsdam, Jüterbog…
German Army hussars on the attack during maneuvers, 1912
German infantry charging across open ground on the battlefield, 1914
Imperial and state cockades
Draftees of the German Army, 1898