Fridericus Rex Grenadiermarsch [English translation]

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The Fridericus Rex Grenadier March (Army March II, 136 (Army March II, 198)) was composed by the Prussian military musician Ferdinand Radeck in the mid-1860s. In the trio of the march he used the melody with which the composer Carl Loewe in 1837 had written the recently written by Willibald Alexis ballad Fridericus Rex (Latin for Frederick II of Prussia). During this period of Prussian expansionism, in which Frederick the Great again received great veneration, both Radeck's march and Loewe's ballad enjoyed great popularity with his name.

Even today, the Fridericus Rex Grenadier March is one of the most famous German military marches. He is one of the traditional marches of the 10th Panzer Division in Sigmaringen, the Feldjägertruppe of the Bundeswehr and generally the armored combat troops.