r/liechtenstein lost liechtenstein soldierMod Jul 28 '25

Random & Facts Every piece of media l found about liechtenstein army

l always love liechtenstein army uniform designs but most ofem existed in short times such as prussia-austria war and some ofem have small differences than the other uniforms so thing l wonder how many different uniform/regiment liechenstein had? also another thing l wonder that half of these pictures comes from wikis but whic pictures dıdnt really belong to liechtenstein here? like in the end of the pictures there ones belonged to ''austrıan allıes'' some ofem have similer design to liechtenstein regiments but are they complety different nation soldiers or not?

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u/Any-Commercial3785 Escha & Nendla Jul 29 '25

Yep i think you have most of the iceberg (its a small cube of ice)

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u/Old-Exchange-5617 Jul 29 '25

The last three pictures show the armies of Denmark, Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Hannover.

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u/NoYogurtcloset9763 lost liechtenstein soldierMod Jul 29 '25

l was suspicest of last 3 but the ones always on the rigth side have VERY similer uniform to liechtenstein uniforms espectly the first captain and last ranker basically wearing almost the same hat liechtenstein had, the big differences they have is they wearing white belts whic officiers had but its also says ''parade uniform'' other than these even if that pictures not showing liechtenstein military, the uniforms have like 80-90 percent similarty

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u/TheBrit7 Jul 30 '25

Number 5 is an Austro-Hungarian uniform, not a Liechtenstein one (this is from around ww1), as is 8 I believe. The first doesn't look like Liechtenstein and the last three are Denmark, Mecklenburg and Hannover.

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u/NoYogurtcloset9763 lost liechtenstein soldierMod Jul 30 '25

in wiki its says ''Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein'' 1875-1930

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u/TheBrit7 Jul 30 '25

Yes, he served in the Austro-Hungarian army, like many members of the House of Liechtenstein did at the time. The Liechtenstein military was disbanded 7 years before he was even born.

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u/NoYogurtcloset9763 lost liechtenstein soldierMod Jul 30 '25

eh its a shame its got disbanded tbh beacuse l believe liechtenstein have one of the coolest uniform design since not every nation had design style to make their uniform dark purple color

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u/KrabatsCat Jul 30 '25

Harmoniemusik Vaduz wears the uniform, when marching also with the sabre. Their model is a well made replica of the original one.

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u/NoYogurtcloset9763 lost liechtenstein soldierMod Jul 30 '25

band uniforms very similer to original ones but their shako plates different and they wear aiguillette on their shoulders meanwhile old paintings showing liechtenstein uniforms dont that have mostly