1st Red Life Batallion "Lange Kerls" The Potsdam Giants was the Prussian infantry regiment No 6, composed of taller-than-average soldiers.
The Potsdam Giants was the Prussian infantry regiment No 6, composed of taller-than-average soldiers. The regiment was founded in 1675 and dissolved in 1806 after the Prussian defeat by Napoleon. Throughout the reign of the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia (16881740) the unit was known as the "Potsdamer Riesengarde" ("giant guard of Potsdam") in German, but the Prussian population quickly nicknamed them the Lange Kerle ("long fellows").
Group
Sculptural Figure(s)
Condition
Collector´s Extra Fine painted (oil)
Scale
Size 54 mm
Material
Pewter-Alloy 55%Sn 39%Pb 6%Sb
Zeit von
18th Century
Time
18th Century
Nationality/Location
Prussia
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