1st Foot Guards ( German Empire ) The 1st Foot Guards ( " 1 . Garde - Regiment zu Fuß " ) was an infantry regiment of the Royal Prussian Army formed in 1806 . The regiment considered itself the " most noble regiment of Christendom " ( " vornehmstes Regiment der Christenheit " ) . The regiment was disbanded in 1919 , with the Infantry Regiment 9 Potsdam of the new Reichsheer bearing its tradition . The Wachbataillon continues the tradition of this regiment in today ' s Bundeswehr . All Princes of Prussia were commissioned lieutenants in the 1st Foot Guards upon their tenth birthdays . " Regimentschef " was always the King of Prussia . Regimental Commanders 4 . November 1806 – 15 . April 1807 : Second Lieutenant Julius Ludwig von Pogwisch 16 . April 1807 - 20 . January 1813 : Colonel Gustav Adolph von Kessel ( † 18 . September 1827 as Lt . General ) 9 . February - 20 . June 1813 : Major Ernst Ludwig von Tippelskirch ( † 23 . January 1840 as Lt . General ) 20 . June 1813 - 5 . April 1814 : Major Friedrich Johann Carl Gebhard von Alvensleben ( † 12 . February 1831 as Lt . General ) 7 . April 1814 - 13 . February 1816 : Lt . Col Carl Heinrich von Block ( † 18 . January 1839 as General Commanding II . Army Corps ) 13 . February 1816 - 1 . June 1828 : Lt . Col Eugen Max von Röder ( † 10 . February 1844 as Lt . General ) 1 . June 1828 - 20 . September 1835 : Colonel Carl Ludwig Wilhelm Ernst von Prittwitz ( † 8 . June 1871 as Infantry General ) 20 . September 1835 - 25 . March 1841 : Col . Franz Karl von Werder ( † 3 . June 1869 as Infantry General ) 25 . March 1841 - 27 . March 1847 : Col George Leopold Carl von Gayl II ( † 29 . November 1876 as Infantry General ) 27 . March 1847 - 4 . May 1850 : Col Carl Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeld ( † 2 . September 1884 as Field Marshall ) 4 . May 1850 - 4 . November 1851 : Col Eduard von Brauchitsch ( † 3 . November 1869 as Infantry General ) 4 . November 1851 - 5 . August 1856 : Colonel Count Albert von Blumenthal ( † 30 . Juni 1860 as Lt . General ) 5 . August 1856 - 22 . March 1859 : Col Friedrich Wilhelm Johann Ludwig Freiherr Hiller von Gaertringen ( † 3 . July 1866 as Lt . General and Commander of the 1st Guard Infantry Division ) 22 . March 1859 - 7 . March 1863 : Col Karl Graf von der Goltz ( † January 1881 as Lt . General ) 7 . March 1863 - 18 . May 1867 : Col Bernhard von Kessel III ( † 7 . June 1882 as Infantry General , Adjutant - General ) 18 . May 1867 - 18 . August 1870 : Col Victor Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Dietrich von Roeder ( † 18 . August 1870 shot in the head at St . Privat ) 18 . August - 11 . December 1870 : von Oppell ( acting Commander ) 11 . December 1870 - 12 . December 1874 : Col Oktavio Philipp von Boehn 12 . December 1874 - 28 . October 1875 : Col . Anton Wilhelm Karl von L´Estocq ( latterly also as Infantry General ) 28 . October 1875 - 19 . October 1876 : Lt . Col Otto von Derenthall ( acting Commander ) 20 . September 1876 - 23 . November 1882 : Col Otto von Derenthall 23 . November 1882 - 27 . January 1888 : Col Oskar von Lindequist 27 . January 1888 - 9 . February 1891 : Col Hans von Plessen 9 . February 1891 - 9 . February 1893 : Col Oldwig Wilhelm Ferdinand von Natzmer ( † 1899 as Lt . General ) 9 . February 1893 - 21 . March 1896 : Col Gustav Emil Bernhard Bodo von Kessel ( latterly as Lt . General and Commander of the 1 . Guards Infantry Division ) 21 . March 1896 - 15 . June 1898 : Col Georg von Kalckstein ( latterly as Lt General and Commander of the 13 . Infantry Division ) 15 . June 1898 : Lt . Col Karl Freiherr von Plettenberg 22 . March 1902 : Gustav Freiherr von Berg 16 . October 1906 : Karl Freiherr von Willisen 22 . March 1910 : Friedrich von Kleist 20 . March 1911 : Friedrich von Friedeburg 1 . August 1914 : Eitel Friedrich Prince of Prussia 14 . November 1914 Friedrich von Bismarck ( killed at Bouvincourt , acting Commander ) 6 . November 1916 : Siegfried Graf zu Eulenburg - Wicken ( acting Commander ) 28 . April 1917 : ( ad interim ) Friedrich Franz Adolf von Stephani ( acting Commander ) 7 . July 1917 - 11 . December 1918 : Siegfried Graf zu Eulenburg - Wicken ( acting Commander ) 27 . August 1918 : ( ad interim ) Friedrich Franz Adolf von Stephani ( acting Commander ) 1 . September - 11 . December 1918 : Siegfried Graf zu Eulenburg - Wicken ( acting Commander ) 26 . September 1918 : ( ad interim ) Friedrich Franz Adolf von Stephani ( acting Commander ) 30 . September - 11 . December 1918 : Siegfried Graf zu Eulenburg - Wicken ( acting Commander )