Royal Saxon Army
The 1st Royal Saxon Guards Heavy Cavalry ("Garde-Reiter-Regiment (1. Schweres Regiment)") was a heavy cavalry of the Royal Saxon Army. Established in 1680 as a cuirassiers unit, the regiment fought in the Battle of Vienna (1683), the Nine Years' War, the War of the Spanish Succession, the Silesian Wars, the Napoleonic Wars, the Austro-Prussian War, the Franco-Prussian War and World War I. The regiment was disbanded in 1919.