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Archduke Stephen of Austria, Palatine of Hungary, in 19th-century Hungarian general's hussar style gala uniform; [1] with characteristic tight dolman jacket, loose-hanging pelisse over-jacket, and busby. A hussar [a] was a member of a class of light cavalry, originally from the Kingdom of Hungary during the 15th and 16th centuries. The title ...
In the Prussian Army the pelisse had been abolished in 1853 but between 1865 and 1913 it was reintroduced for ceremonial wear by nine hussar regiments and the Life-Guard Hussar Regiment, usually at the request of the regimental Colonel-in-Chief. [1] The two hussar regiments of the Spanish Army retained pelisses until 1931.
This hussar regiment is first mentioned as the Volunteer Elbe National Hussars Regiment.On 25 May 1814, the regiment's former militia status was cancelled and it was designated the 10th Hussars Regiment (1 Magdeburg), also popularly referred to as the Green Hussars from Aschersleben, and transferred to active status in the Prussian Army.
Hussar from Husaren-Regiment Nr. 5 (von Ruesch) in 1744 with the Totenkopf on the mirliton (Ger. Flügelmütze). Use of the Totenkopf as a military emblem began under Frederick the Great, who formed a regiment of Hussar cavalry in the Prussian army commanded by Colonel von Ruesch, the Husaren-Regiment Nr. 5 (von Ruesch).
Mirliton, Flügelmütze, or Flügelkappe was a tall hat worn by hussars, light cavalrymen, and light infantrymen in the period 1750–1800, remaining in increasingly rare usage through the German Wars of Unification. [1]
The 13 Cuirassier regiments of Old Prussia (Kavallerieregimenter der altpreußischen Armee) were formed in the mid-17th to mid-18th centuries, and formed the basis of Frederick the Great's vaunted cavalry. The cavalry regiments were the largest organization units of the old Prussian mounted troops.
The 11th Hussar Regiment, initially called the 2nd Westphalian Regiment, was a notable cavalry unit of the Royal Prussian Army and the German Imperial Army. It was established in Düsseldorf in December 1807 and originally bore the name of 2nd Royal Westphalian Hussar Regiment.
Zieten Hussars in 1775. [nb 1] The Zieten Hussars, [nb 2] (German: Husaren-Regiment "von Zieten"), last designation: "Hussars Regiment 'von Zieten' (Brandenburg) No. 3" (Husaren-Regiment von Zieten (Brandenburgisches) Nr. 3), was a hussar regiment of the Prussian Army. [nb 3] founded in 1730 and named after its first Colonel, Hans Joachim von ...