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Georg III was the prince-elector of Hannover
and King of Great Britain.
In 1803 hemade a proclamation "to all the brave Germans". As a result "The King's German Legion" (KGL) was established including three regiments of Hussars, in the beginning (until 1809) they were denoted as light-dragoons. The Hussars increased up to 12,000 men, having 3,500 horses.
After the KGL had been dissolved on 23 December 1815, the men of the legion had to be integrated into existing Hanoverian units.
When Hannover became Prussian, the KGL became the
Hussars Regiment "Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands" (Hanoverian) No.15.
The
Totenkopf as a military emblem began under Frederick the Great, who formed a regiment of Hussar cavalry, the
Husaren-Regiment Nr. 5 (von Ruesch) (1744). It adopted a black uniform with a
Totenkopf emblazoned on the front of its mirlitons and wore it on the field in the War of Austrian Succession and in the Seven Years' War.
Image from Knötel's Uniformenkunde of a Hussar from Prussian Husaren-Regiment von Ruesch (to become Husaren-Regiment Nr. 5) in 1744.
via wikipedia
