Beret The Netherlands "Regiment Garde Grenadiers"

 
 
Beret The Netherlands "Regiment Garde Grenadiers"
 
Made by the company K.M.A. in the year 1987.
 
"Regiment Garde Grenadiers" is Grenadiers and Rifles Guard Regiment they served as guards of the Dutch king.
 


Above the Dutch king Willem Alexander wearing a beret of the Garde Regiment Grenadiers.
 

 
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Below comes from https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garderegiment
A Garde regiment is a regiment that has a separate status within the army.
The term guard indicates that this is an elite unit,
a unit that is better than the other units in terms of combat power, status, equipment, exercise, etc.
Garde regiments arose with the founding of standing armies, in the late 17th century.
Garde regiments were established by the head of state as a personal unit, charged with the protection of the head of state and the palaces.
Other regiments acquired that status later when they distinguished themselves in wars.
For the Garde regiments the best soldiers were often selected,
although many garment regiments only had a ceremonial function and the men were only selected for certain characteristics such as height.
Often the garde regiments were a breeding ground for officers for the rest of the army, as in Napoleon's guard.
Soldiers of wardrobe regiments were often distinguished by better equipment,
uniformity, armament and, of course, payment of ordinary soldiers.
In 1829 the Garderegiment Grenadiers and Jagers was established in the Netherlands,
which aimed to be an example for the rest of the army. A regiment that has earned its status as a guard is the Garderegiment Fuseliers Prinses Irene,
which continues the traditions of the Princess Irene Brigade, which was established in Great Britain during the Second World War and helped to liberate the Netherlands.