Showing posts with label 1934. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1934. Show all posts

Sunday, September 5, 2021

Reichswehr Sport Festival

 
Sports festival of the German Reichswehr at Berlin-Moabit Kaserne (barrack), 1934. Soldier with baggage during an exercise on the horizontal bar. The picture was taken by Georg Pahl.

Source :
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-04255

Monday, June 4, 2018

Kommando der Wachtruppe Parade through Brandenburg Gate

The origin of the Großdeutschland Division was the Kommando der Wachtruppe (Command of the Guard Troop) in Berlin, and the infantry-training regiment in Döberitz. This photo shows a guard company of the Kommando der Wachtruppe marching through Berlin's Brandenburg Gate to the Ehrenmal (Honor Memorial) in 1934. The famous guard parade with band took place every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. The parade route led from Moabit through the Brandenburg Gate and along the Unter den Linden to the war memorial in the Schinkel Building. The officer commanding the guard parade usually rode the white horse "Alaric." The horse, too, went on to become quite famous and is well-remembered by many Berliners.


Source :
Book "Panzer Grenadier Division Grossdeutschland" by Horst Scheibert
Book "The History of the Panzerkorps Grossdeutschland" by Helmuth Spaeter