Comments by "Britta Kriep" (@brittakriep2938) on "1854 Treuille de Beaulieu: Open-Bolt Pinfire for the Imperial Guard" video.

  1. When in early 18th century, the Jäger units appeared, this had been professional hunters/ Berufsjäger or forest officials/ Förster with their private rifles and their long Hirschfänger knife, but no bayonnet and the Hirschfänger could not be fixed at the rifle. After an incident in ,Seven Years War' Friedrich Ii of Prussian decided, that the Jäger got a Hirschfänger much longer than civilian versions, to fix it at the rifle.
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  2. Seems a typical palace guard unit, from which before 1789 a large number existed in Versailles.
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  3. @John See : Such palace guards units had been in mid 19th century the last units with polearms, with the exeption of lancers and sailors ( boarding pike! )
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