CD003 Wes the Flank Rider First Legion- WWII German Vehicles poster by J

poster by J

The original statue was sculpted by Robert Tobernetz (1849-1895) and erected in 1893 to stand alongside another equestrian monument featuring Kaiser Wilhelm I which was unveiled a year earlier

This officer returns the General's salute

’ Shrewdly he reckoned it was cheaper to build and garrison the wall and its many forts along his northern border than keep a huge standing army there

In the early hours of March 1

CD003 Wes the Flank Rider First Legion- WWII German Vehicles poster by JFlank Riders also rode on each side the herd but near the rear about two thirds of the way back behind the Swing Riders. Their role was to back up the Swing Riders and keep the cattle bunched together preventing the tail of the herd from fanning out.