Garde du Corps

A Garde du Corps (French for life guard) is a military unit, formed of guards. A Garde du Corps was first established in France in 1445. From the 17th century onwards, the term was used in several German states and also, for example, in the Kingdom of Two Sicilies for several regiments of heavy cavalry, whose proprietary colonel was usually the sovereign.

Officer of the Electoral Hessian Garde du Corps of cuirassiers

Underofficer of the Prussian Gardes du Corps of cuirassiers

Officer and trumpeter of the Garde du Corps of the Kingdom of Hanover in 1835