1st King's Mounted Rifles
The hunters on horseback are units of light cavalry, which were mainly used for reconnaissance and security tasks. The regiment King Hunter on horseback No. 1 was one of a total of 13 of these regiments in the armed forces of the German Empire. They all belonged to the royal Prussian army.
Organization and association membership
- Vth Corps - Poznan
- Regiment owner: S. M. William II as King of Prussia
- Regimental commander, Colonel Rosenberg - Lipinsky
- Foundation Day: October 1, 1901
- Garrison: Poznan
List
Includes by - Most High Cabinet Ordre ( AKO ) from March 25, 1901 began on October 1, 1901 the establishment of a " Combined Hunters Regiment on Horseback". Because those who had been previously stationed in Poznan 2 Hussars Regiment Queen Victoria had been moved from Prussia to Danzig No. 2, it was deemed necessary in the fort poses up a new Cavalry Regiment.
For this purpose, the five reporting Rider squadrons of II, III. , IV, V and VI. Summarized Army Corps in Posen into a regiment and placed in the former barracks of the Hussars. First commander of the regiment was Major Baron von Hollen from the Cuirassier Regiment No. 6 for the list of the regiment (or the preceding despatch rider detachments ) were the staff, the horses and equipment from 17 Dragoon, 14 Hussars and 11 Lancers regiments pulled out. Before the definition of a new uniform and until the completion of the casing ( the former dragoons, lancers and hussars wore until then their original uniform, which was the uniformity but very detrimental ) wrote to the year 1905.
After the Reichstag had approved the formation of three regiments of hunters on horseback in the same year, the regiment under the name was set to " Hunter Regiment of Horse No. 1" in the army list. On 9 August 1905, Kaiser Wilhelm II appointed ( in personal union king of Prussia) to the commander of the regiment, to which this was officially named the " King's Regiment hunters on horseback No. 1" and on the shoulder strap and the cartridge of the royal monogram was fitted with a crown.
Uniform
Pattern as cuirassiers, but with the following changes:
- Grey Green Koller ( from 1910) with Swedish tunic lapels, cuffs and all forays light green, epaulettes but advances in white color as a badge. To collar and cuffs went pale green trimmings, which had a wide median strip and narrow margins in the facing color. For officers consisted of stocking in golden or silver braid with narrow margins in the facing color.
- Helmet: Similar Kürassierhelm, made from blackened steel with Dragoon Eagle. Edges with nickel silver mount rails. Bit like dragoon helmet with a cloverleaf essay. ( Officers with fluted tip as cuirassier officers. ) Arched chinscales from Tombak.
- Cuirassier boots made of natural brown leather
- Lance flag white-black
During the World War 1914 - 1918
When war broke out immediately used to border security tasks in the east, the regiment moved in mid- August to the 5th Army on the Western Front. From October 1914 to October 1916, the regiment with the fuse located on the territory was assigned to the Orne in the 33rd Reserve Division. In the spring of 1915, the 4th Squadron was detached from the Regiment Association and used in the 119th Infantry Division as the Division Cavalry. In the fall of 1916, the regiment association was temporarily dissolved and the individual squadrons also be used as a division of cavalry in the rear area security tasks.
Christmas 1918 turned the hunters back to Poznan. The regiment was demobilized in 1919 and dismissed the team.
Until its dissolution, it retained its status as a cavalry regiment.
From a train volunteers for border protection in Upper Silesia was compiled.
The tradition took over in the Reichswehr, the training squadron of the 10th ( Prussian ) Reiter- Regiment in Züllichau.