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The Guards designation originated during World War II, its name coming both from the Russian Imperial Guard, and the old Bolshevik Red Guards. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Practical benefits of the status included double pay for ordinary soldiers and the designation often served as a morale-boosting source of unit pride.
In February–March 1917, the defection of reserve battalions of the Imperial Guard based in St.Petersburg was a major factor in the overthrow of the Tsarist government. The service units of the Guard at the front disintegrated along with the remainder of the Imperial Army, until it was formally replaced by the new Red Army on 28 January 1918.
Drummer of the Marins of the Consular Guard (by Maurice Orange). The new unit's first task was to form part of the force at Boulogne for the Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom . They built boats for the force and served in their primary role as an elite unit to bolster naval crews, which often had little training or experience.
An imperial guard or palace guard is a special group of troops (or a member thereof) of an empire, typically closely associated directly with the emperor or empress. Usually these troops embody a more elite status than other imperial forces, including the regular armed forces , and maintain special rights, privileges and traditions.
This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ( October 2021 ) The list of ships of the Imperial German Navy includes all ships commissioned into service with the Imperial German Navy ( Kaiserliche Marine ) of Germany , covering the period from 1871, the creation of the German Empire , through to the end of ...
The list of naval ships of Germany includes all naval ships which have been in service of the German Navy or its predecessors. Other lists include: List of ships of the Imperial German Navy; List of Kriegsmarine ships; List of German Federal Navy ships; List of German Navy ships; List of German Navy ship classes; List of U-boats of Germany
Private of the Naval Artillery in campaign dress in 1813. Judging by the uniform, this is not a member of the Imperial Guard sailors. The uniform of the naval artillery regiments was dark blue coat, lapels, waistcoat, and breeches with red collar, cuffs, epaulettes, and turnbacks, and red piping edging the lapels, waistcoat, and short gaiters.
Arminius was an ironclad warship of the Prussian Navy, later the Imperial German Navy.The ship was designed by the British Captain Cowper Coles and built by the Samuda Brothers shipyard in London as a speculative effort; [5] [7] Prussia purchased the ship during the Second Schleswig War against Denmark, though the vessel was not delivered until after the war. [11]