Claudio Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Dear forumites, Here I'd like to show a pretty surely less known commemorative medal for the Centenary of the Garde Füsilier Regiment's foundation, which their nickname (Spitzname) was "Maikäfer" (in English "Maybug, Melolontha melolontha"). see also: http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/G_FR ; http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garde-Füsilier-Regiment ; http://www.diekrugsammler.de/html/maikafer.html ; http://www.deutsche-kriegsgeschichte.de/maikfreg.html Please feel free to post pictures of soldiers of this regiment in this thread! ;-) ciao, Claudio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Here we go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudio Posted October 12, 2013 Author Share Posted October 12, 2013 Thanks for posting your nice pictures! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valter Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Very nice medal and other pictures too! Why was this regiment nicknamed "Maikäfer"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Hello Valter! From 1851-1918 the regiment was in the "Maikäferkaserne" in Berlin-Spandau. Probably because of their coloured uniform (red cuffs, white "Litzen", yellow shoulder-straps, brown pipings), they were called "Maikäfer". Friedrich Wilhelm IV, ones, called the regiment "Maikäfer", and since that date, they wer called like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtwinVince Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Hey, the Maikaefer figures prominently in a certain Wilhelm Busch comic, I'll have to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudio Posted October 13, 2013 Author Share Posted October 13, 2013 According to the above-mentioned link the story of their nickname is different: WOLFGANG GULT Reservistenandenken mit dem Maikäfer-Motiv sind dem Garde-Füsilier-Regiment in Berlin zuzuordnen. Hinter dem „Maikäfer“ verbirgt sich eine witzige Geschichte – und ein interessantes Teilsammelgebiet. Das Regiment „Es lebe der König und seine Maikäfer“: Diesen Spruch findet man auf einem Reservistenbild des Garde-Füsilier-Regiments in Berlin aus dem Jahre 1913. Aber was hat das Garde-Füsilier-Regiment mit den Maikäfern zu tun? In der Regimentsgeschichte findet man hierüber die entsprechende Erläuterung. Das Garde-Füsilier-Regiment führt seine Entstehung auf das Jahr 1826 zurück. König Friedrich Wilhelm III. befahl am 30. März 1826 die Errichtung des Garde-Reserve-Infanterie (Landwehr-) Regiments mit zwei Bataillonen. Am 1. Juli 1826 trat das neu gegründete Regiment zusammen; Regimentsstab und das I. Bataillon erhielten als Garnison Potsdam, das II. Bataillon Spandau. 1847 zogen auch der Regimentsstab und das I. Bataillon nach Spandau. 1851 nach den Herbstübungen wurde dem Regiment als Garnisonsstandort Berlin zugewiesen, wo es sich in den damals neu erbauten Kasernen in der Chausseestraße einquartierte. Dort blieb es dann bis zu seiner Auflösung. Im gleichen Jahr erhielt das Regiment die Bezeichnung „Garde-Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment“ und 1860 – unter Bildung eines dritten Bataillons – den Namen „Garde-Füsilier-Regiment“. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valter Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Gentlemen, thank you for these very interesting explanations. Historical details like this keep me amazing all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rujab Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Noch ein bisschen Maikäfer Gruss Rudi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtwinVince Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Here is Onkel Fritz being attacked by the Maikaefers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valter Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Here is Onkel Fritz being attacked by the Maikaefers. Oh yes, that's from Max und Moritz, I know these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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