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  2. Pickelhaube - Wikipedia

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    The Pickelhaube (German: [ˈpɪkl̩ˌhaʊ̯bə] ⓘ; pl. Pickelhauben, pronounced [ˈpɪkl̩ˌhaʊ̯bn̩] ⓘ; from German: Pickel, lit. 'point' or 'pickaxe', and Haube , lit. ' bonnet ' , a general word for "headgear"), also Pickelhelm , is a spiked leather or metal helmet that was worn in the 19th and 20th centuries by Prussian and German ...

  3. List of Imperial German infantry regiments - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Imperial German infantry regiments [1] before and during World War I. In peacetime, the Imperial German Army included 217 regiments of infantry (plus the instruction unit, Lehr Infantry Battalion ).

  4. List of terms used for Germans - Wikipedia

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    A First World War Canadian electoral campaign poster. Hun (or The Hun) is a term that originally refers to the nomadic Huns of the Migration Period.Beginning in World War I it became an often used pejorative seen on war posters by Western Allied powers and the basis for a criminal characterization of the Germans as barbarians with no respect for civilization and humanitarian values having ...

  5. Royal Bavarian Life Guards - Wikipedia

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    The regiment was created by Royal Decree on 16 July 1814 as the Grenadier Guards Regiment from the grenadier companies of Bavarian line infantry regiments. The tallest men were transferred to the Grenadier Guards Regiment, the rest to the "King's Own" (König) Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment No. 1. The regiment consisted of 3 battalions of 6 ...

  6. German militarism - Wikipedia

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    The Pickelhaube, the symbol of Prusso-German militarism Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia, the "soldier-king", who was instrumental in the militarisation of Prussia. Since 1648, landed German princes were allowed to create their own standing armies. This occurred in a broader European context of professionalisation and permanence of armies, with ...

  7. Boiled leather - Wikipedia

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    German pickelhaube, c. 1860. Cuir bouilli was used for cheap and light armour, although it was much less effective than plate armour, which was extremely expensive and too heavy for much to be worn by infantry (as opposed to knights fighting on horseback) [citation needed]. However, cuir bouilli could be reinforced against slashing blows by the ...

  8. Talk:Pickelhaube - Wikipedia

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    With the collapse of the German Empire in 1918, the Pickelhaube was abolished, and even the police adopted shakos. Was the PH ever actually abolished, or did it just fall out of fashion? Several military/civil units wore the shako rather than the PH before WW1. Jagers and Landsturm for sure. I think the shako was police headgear too.

  9. Guards Corps (German Empire) - Wikipedia

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    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, Döberitz).

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