13th Uhlan Regiment Gefreiter Ulanka

cptbob

cptbob

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I was not looking for one of these, but I decided to put a low bid on this and got lucky. It did not have epaulettes. I had the single. Will be looking for another single or a pair. They seem to pop up from time to time. This is the first one I have with Unit stamps and lance proficiency badge.
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After I got it, I was looking at the Herr and Nguyen "The German Cavalry". They have a photo of one that is almost identical. The smudging pattern of the ink stamps looks exactly the same, it has 2 hooks on the collar (the other 2 I have each have 3), the Gefreiter button is not straight up and down but tilted slightly, and an area that has been repaired at the top edge near the collar. Makes me wonder if this is the same Ulanka.

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cptbob said:
After I got it, I was looking at the Herr and Nguyen "The German Cavalry". They have a photo of one that is almost identical. The smudging pattern of the ink stamps looks exactly the same, it has 2 hooks on the collar (the other 2 I have each have 3), the Gefreiter button is not straight up and down but tilted slightly, and an area that has been repaired at the top edge near the collar. Makes me wonder if this is the same Ulanka.

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Looks like an early issue ?
 
The King’s German Legion comprised Hanoverian exiles. When Napoleon overran Hanover in 1803, King George III invited them to fight for freedom in Britain. They were a literal army in exile.

Per AKO Dd 24 January 1899: Kaiser Wilhelm II awards two Ulanen Regiments of Hanover; tradition bearers of the old Regiments of Hanover; the Peninsula-Waterloo-Garzia Hernandez Battle Honours.

Illustration

“Charge of the Heavy Dragoons of the King’s German Legion at García Hernández, 23 July 1812.”
- Richard Knötel, 1914
 

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Khukri said:
The King’s German Legion comprised Hanoverian exiles. When Napoleon overran Hanover in 1803, King George III invited them to fight for freedom in Britain. They were a literal army in exile.

Per AKO Dd 24 January 1899: Kaiser Wilhelm II awards two Ulanen Regiments of Hanover; tradition bearers of the old Regiments of Hanover; the Peninsula-Waterloo-Garzia Hernandez Battle Honours.

Illustration

“Charge of the Heavy Dragoons of the King’s German Legion at García Hernández, 23 July 1812.”
- Richard Knötel, 1914
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Garcia Hernandez was not a major battle but gained notoriety because the KGL Dragoons smashed a few French infantry squares. A rare feat for cavalry at the time.
 
Outstanding group of uniforms and always nice to see one in hand and at the same time in a book

Jonas
 
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