Gott mit uns

God with us since 1701 was the motto of the Prussian royal house, the German emperor and a part of the Prussian and later German military emblems. Even after the end of the monarchy in Germany it was used by the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht. During the Second World War, soldiers of the Wehrmacht carried the slogan on their belt buckles. The members of the Waffen- SS on the other hand he was My honor is called loyalty.

The Bundeswehr leads since 1962 the words unity, justice, freedom on their belt buckles. The police forces used the slogan to the 1970s.

He was also one of the mottoes of the Swedish king Gustav II Adolf and the battle cry of his army, and later of Brandenburg during the Thirty Years War.

The Battle of the Nations Monument in Leipzig bears the motto inscribed on the statue of the Archangel Michael.

Origin

Nobiscum deus ("God with us") was the battle cry of the late Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire, in German This expression was first used by the Teutonic Knights.

The motto God is with us is a literal translation of the Hebrew name Immanuel -El ( עמנואל ) and alludes to the oracle of the prophet Isaiah to King Ahaz of Judah in 733 BC, ( Isaiah 7:14 LUT and passim ), which was later interpreted messianic ( cf. Matthew 1:23 LUT).