34th_(Pomeranian)_Fusiliers_"Queen_Victoria_of_Sweden"

34th (Pomeranian) Fusiliers "Queen Victoria of Sweden"

34th (Pomeranian) Fusiliers "Queen Victoria of Sweden"

Regiment of the Imperial German Army

The 34th (Pomeranian) Fusiliers "Queen Victoria of Sweden"[1] was a regiment of the Imperial German Army through the First World War.

Queen Victoria of Sweden in uniform as an honorary Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment.

The regiment had its origins in the Swedish Queen's Life Guards on Foot and fought in several Swedish wars of the time. After the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the transferral of Pomerania from Sweden to Prussia the regiment got its new name; 34th (Pomeranian) Fusiliers (German: Füsilier-Regiment (Pommersches) Nr. 34).

In fall 1908, the new royal couple, Gustaf V and Victoria of Baden got a state visit by the new queen's cousin Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. They exchanged honours, with Kaiser Wilhelm II becoming a Knight of the Order of Vasa, and Gustaf V becoming the honorary Chief of the 3rd (Queen Elizabeth) Guards Grenadiers and his wife Victoria the Chief of the 34th (Pomeranian) Fusiliers, whom got its new name 34th (Pomeranian) Fusiliers "Queen Victoria of Sweden".[2] The banner of the regiment became a trophy of the Russian army (https://btgv.ru/uniform/german-banners-trophies-of-the-russian-army-of-the-great-war/).

  • Color scheme of the uniform, Fusilier Regiment "Queen Victoria of Sweden" (Pomeranian) No. 34.
  • Seal and Mark of the Prussian "Pomeranian Fusiliers Regiment"

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Drottning Victorias uniform och ordnar". Phaleristica (in Swedish). 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  2. [2]
    "Drottning Victorias uniform och ordnar". Phaleristica (in Swedish). 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2022-10-15.


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