SZ Photo - Con­scrip­tion, drill and barracks life in the German army until 1914

09.08.1913 - Emperor Wilhelm II (right) visited the city of in Luebeck. Right here the honor guard steps by him. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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01.10.1911 - New [army] recruits march together in the company of officers from the [train] station to the distribution point where they are assigned to the individual regiments. [XPAEXPORTID00...
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01.11.1910 - On a barrack yard in Berlin, recruits receive barrel training. While one soldier is aiming the rifle, a second soldier is checking the handling of the weapon and the first soldier'...
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01.11.1913 - In the training area Ban St. Martin recruits from the Prussian and Saxon regiments are sworn in on the flags of their regiments. The troops are part of the XVI. Army Corps. [XPAEXP...
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01.01.1906 - Members of the Prussian guard regiments (foreground) in the Lustgarten swear their oath. In the right background of the German Cathedral, next to the Altes Museum, behind the Natio...
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01.12.1913 - Recruits of the Second Battalion of Infantry Regiment 30 'Prince Franz of Bavaria' swear the oath of Kempten in the garden. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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01.01.1908 - Soldiers of the Prussian guard regiments swear the oath in the Lustgarten. At left is the front of the City Palace, and to its right the German Cathedral. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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01.10.1913 - Soldiers put on their civilian clothes just after discharge from military service . [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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01.10.1913 - Officers say goodbye to soldiers in the barracks after the end of their service. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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01.01.1902 - Soldiers of the 11 infantry regiment drill on the barrck yard. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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01.01.1902 - Soldiers learn the hitting with a rifle during the basic training. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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01.01.1903 - Under the leadership of two officers (left and right) a group of sea cadets exercises. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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01.01.1904 - During a landing maneuver, the sailor of a warship carries an officer from the boat ashore. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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01.11.1910 - Clothing and equipment of an infantry company in the clothing storage room of a barracks. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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01.11.1910 - View of the room of an infantry unit. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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24.12.1913 - Soldiers of the 10th company of the 2nd Guard Regiment during a Christmas celebration. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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01.01.1906 - Soldiers receive their meal from newly installed boilers in the battalion's kitchen. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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01.11.1910 - Soldiers of the infantry regiment 13 sit in front of their room for 'cleaning and mending hour'. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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01.01.1911 - Members of the German Navy clean up the deck of their warship. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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01.01.1900 - The German military adviser August Schmidt (left) visited the military school in Tientsin (now Tianjin). [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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20.07.1900 - The German military adviser August Schmidt (left) leads a gun-training in the military school in Tientsin (now Tianjin). Right: the president of the school. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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27.05.1898 - Emperor William II (in the middle in ceremonial uniform with helmet and the eagle of the Garde du Corps) walking in Potsdam on 17 May 1898 on the appointment day of his fifth son t...
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01.07.1914 - Wilhelm II (in the background) inspects the training ship "Victoria Louise" while the sailors are making sport. The picture was taken in Norway during the last northern tour of the...
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01.08.1912 - A man jumps into the sea from the approx. 15-metre-high bridge wing of a German liner that was lying off Binz during the bridge collapse. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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23.06.1914 - Here officers are climbing over a fence during army competitions in the stadium. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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30.09.1911 - At an event in the Kadettenanstalt Gross-Lichterfelde in Berlin, a cadet performs on high bar. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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09.01.1914 - A fencing duel in a cadet school in the German Empire. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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30.09.1911 - At an event of the Hauptkadettenanstalt (main cadet school) in Gross-Lichterfelde a cadet in uniform jumps from the escalating wall and is caught by his comrades. [XPAEXPORTID00000...
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09.02.1914 - Cadets from Neisse on a study trip in Berlin to visit military facilities. Here, in the Ordonnanzhaus. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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01.01.1913 - Recruits of the Guards on a walk in Berlin. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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01.01.1913 - March of the discharged reservists to the station. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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