Mark Life Company Prussian Life Company Life Guard Regiment 1st Infantry Regiment | |
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1. Preußisches Infanterieregiment | |
Active | 1615 – 1806 |
Country | Kingdom of Prussia |
Branch | Prussian Army |
Type | Line Infantry |
Size | Regiment of three battalions |
Part of | Brandenburg Inspectorate |
Depot | Berlin, Neumark |
Motto(s) | Fidem Patriamque Servabo (I Serve My God And My Country) |
Engagements | |
Insignia | |
Prussian national colours |
The 1st Prussian Infantry Regiment (von Kunheim) (German: 1. Preußisches Infanterieregiment) was a line infantry regiment of the Old Prussian Army which had initially formed part of the Prussian Life Guard, but later transferred to the line. After notably serving in the War of the Austrian Succession and Seven Years' War, the regiment was demolished following the Battle of Auerstadt. A small part of the regiment went on to help form the famed 8th (1st Brandenburg) Life Infantry Regiment, which in turn would serve notably till its disbandment after World War I.[1]