1st Guards Infantry Division 1. Garde-Infanterie-Division |
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1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß (Painting by Carl Röchling, 1894)
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Active | 5 September 1818 – 30 April 1919 |
Country |
Prussia Germany |
Branch |
Prussian Army Imperial German Army |
Type | Infantry |
Size | Approx. 18,000 |
Part of | Guards Corps |
Garrison/HQ | Berlin |
Engagements | World War I |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders |
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger |
The 1st Guards Infantry Division (German: 1. Garde-Infanterie-Division) was a unit of the Prussian (and later) Imperial German Army and was stationed in Berlin.
The division was created on September 5, 1818. In the reorganization the guards brigades, that previously had been assigned to various corps, and batteries of the Prussian Guards were grouped into a single formation.
By 1914 the division was subordinate to the Guards Corps of the Imperial German Army. At the outbreak of the First World War it was commanded by Gen-Lt. Oskar von Hutier.