Danish-Baltic Auxiliary Corps

Danish-Baltic Auxiliary Corps
Dansk-Baltisk Auxiliær Corps
The insignia of Borgelin Company
Active26 March 1919
Disbanded1 September 1919
Country Denmark
Allegiance Estonia
TypeInfantry
Size213 volunteers
Part of2nd Division
Garrison/HQTartu
Nickname(s)Det Danske Frivillige Korps
ColorsGray and White   
March"Björneborgarnas marsch"
Mascot(s)Røv (Corps Dog)
Commanders
Corps CommanderIver de Hemmer Gudme
Company CommanderRichard Gustav Borgelin
Insignia
War flag

Danish-Baltic Auxiliary Corps (Danish: Dansk-Baltisk Auxiliær Corps, DBAC) was a Danish company of military volunteers, established 1919 as a non-governmental initiative to help in the Estonian and Latvian war of independence.[1] It was originally planned to send several companies to help, but due to the success of war, only one company was sent, Compagnie Borgelin. The company consisted of approximately 200 men with Captain Iver de Hemmer Gudme as corps commander and Captain Richard Gustav Borgelin as company commander.[2]

  1. ^ Nielsen, Sune Wadskjær (4 October 2001). "FOV Nyhedsbrev nr. 19, 15. årgang, 4. oktober 2001" [FOV Newsletter no. 19, 15th volume, 4 October 2001] (in Danish). Forsvarets Oplysnings- og Velfærdstjeneste. Archived from the original on 17 February 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ Finsted, Per. "For Dannebrogs Ære" [For the honor of Dannebrog] (PDF) (in Danish). Dansk Militærhistorisk Selskab. p. 12. Retrieved 6 August 2016.