Guard Battalion at the Federal Ministry of Defence
Wachbataillon beim Bundesministerium der Verteidigung
Wachbataillon members shoulder arms in formation at the Defense Ministry in Berlin.
Active
15 February 1957 - present
Country
Germany (West Germany to 1990)
Branch
Streitkräftebasis Bundeswehr
Type
Army, Navy, Air Force, Jägertruppe (Army part)
Role
Drill, ceremonial and guarding and security duties
Size
7 active companies
Garrison/HQ
Kommando Territoriale Aufgaben der Bundeswehr Berlin
Nickname(s)
Protter or Protokollsoldaten
Motto(s)
Semper talis (always the same/great)
March
Yorckscher Marsch
Commanders
Current commander
Oberstleutnant Hans Domrich
Insignia
Shoulder sleeve insignia of the Wachbataillon
Cuff title of the Wachbataillon
Beret badge of the Wachbataillon
Military unit
The Wachbataillon (full name: Wachbataillon beim Bundesministerium der Verteidigung (WachBtl BMVg) (Guard Battalion at the Federal Ministry of Defence)) is the German Bundeswehr's honour guard. The Wachbataillon number about 1,000 soldiers stationed in Berlin. It consists of seven active companies (see list below) and belongs to the Streitkräftebasis (Joint Service Support Command) of the Bundeswehr. The soldiers of the Wachbataillon often refer to themselves as Protter or Protokollsoldaten, meaning protocol soldiers.
The Wachbataillon (full name: Wachbataillon beim Bundesministerium der Verteidigung (WachBtl BMVg) (Guard Battalion at the Federal Ministry of Defence))...
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Hans Rauter in the newly formed Kampfgruppen Rauter along with the Wachbataillon Nordwest and a regiment of the Ordnungspolizei. Rauter was said to be...
Hitler. In March 1944, Remer was appointed as the commanding officer of Wachbataillon Großdeutschland. On 20 July 1944 Wehrmacht officers staged a coup d'etat...
in German resistance. The regiment's tradition is continued by the Wachbataillon of the Bundeswehr. Lieutenant Colonel Hasso von Boehmer Major Axel Freiherr...
98 is only used for protocol service in the guard battalion (German: Wachbataillon) at the Federal Ministry of Defence. Grenades and grenade launchers...
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located in London during the reign of the Hanoverian kings in the UK Wachbataillon https://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/Web/DE/Themen/Oeffentliche_F...
important German military marches. It is the traditional march of the Wachbataillon, the German Bundeswehr's elite drill unit, and is also played as the...
have granted cuff title. The third for its Wachbataillon which is a silver grey embroidered "Wachbataillon" in Gothic script on a black band with silver...
a former German defense minister, was escorted by the German Army's Wachbataillon from St. Michael's to Ohlsdorf Cemetery for a private interment ceremony...
important structures and buildings in Tbilisi. The primary mission of the Wachbataillon is to perform the military honours for the German Federal President...
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