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Veterans' meetings take place all over Germany in 1953.
Members of the 15th infantry regiment meet in Kassel.
The "Bundesgrenzschutz" - Federal Frontier Guards - prepare thick
potato soup with peas and sausage in nostalgic memory of army grub.
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Veterans' meetings take place all over Germany in 1953. Members of the 15th inf...

The "Bundesgrenzschutz" (Federal Frontier Guards), a police unit of 10.000 established in 1951, is West Germany's first military unit after World War II. 
Police training for the Federal Frontier Guards in their garrison in Coburg, 1953
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The "Bundesgrenzschutz" (Federal Frontier Guards), a police unit of 10.000 estab...

The "Bundesgrenzschutz" (Federal Frontier Guards), a police unit of 10.000 established in 1951, is West Germany's first military unit after World War II. 
Police training for the Federal Frontier Guards in their garrison in Coburg, 1953
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The "Bundesgrenzschutz" (Federal Frontier Guards), a police unit of 10.000 estab...

The "Bundesgrenzschutz" (Federal Frontier Guards), a police unit of 10.000 established in 1951, is West Germany's first military unit after World War II. 
Police training for the Federal Frontier Guards in their garrison in Coburg, 1953
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The "Bundesgrenzschutz" (Federal Frontier Guards), a police unit of 10.000 estab...

The "Bundesgrenzschutz" (Federal Frontier Guards), a police unit of 10.000 established in 1951, is West Germany's first military unit after World War II. 
Col. Attenberger, commander of the Coburg unit, during shooting practice with his men.
Coburg, 1953
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The "Bundesgrenzschutz" (Federal Frontier Guards), a police unit of 10.000 estab...

The "Bundesgrenzschutz" (Federal Frontier Guards), a police unit of 10.000 established in 1951, is West Germany's first military unit after World War II. 
Police training for the Federal Frontier Guards in their garrison in Coburg, 1953
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The "Bundesgrenzschutz" (Federal Frontier Guards), a police unit of 10.000 estab...

The "Bundesgrenzschutz" (Federal Frontier Guards), a police unit of 10.000 established in 1951, is West Germany's first military unit after World War II. 
Police training for the Federal Frontier Guards in their garrison in Coburg, 1953
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The "Bundesgrenzschutz" (Federal Frontier Guards), a police unit of 10.000 estab...

The "Bundesgrenzschutz" (Federal Frontier Guards), a police unit of 10.000 established in 1951, is West Germany's first military unit after World War II. 
The Frontier Guards' Sunday-afternoon concert draws    
crowds.                                                
Coburg, 1953
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The "Bundesgrenzschutz" (Federal Frontier Guards), a police unit of 10.000 estab...

The "Bundesgrenzschutz" (Federal Frontier Guards), a police unit of 10.000 established in 1951, is West Germany's first military unit after World War II. 
Federal Frontier Guards on parade.
Coburg, 1953
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The "Bundesgrenzschutz" (Federal Frontier Guards), a police unit of 10.000 estab...

The "Bundesgrenzschutz" (Federal Frontier Guards), a police unit of 10.000 established in 1951, is West Germany's first military unit after World War II. 
The Frontier Guards' Sunday afternoon concert draws crowds.                                                Coburg, 1953
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The "Bundesgrenzschutz" (Federal Frontier Guards), a police unit of 10.000 estab...

The "Bundesgrenzschutz" (Federal Frontier Guards), a police unit of 10.000 established in 1951, is West Germany's first military unit after World War II. 
Colonel Schuler, from the Munich Command, during manoeuvers near camp Coburg.
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The "Bundesgrenzschutz" (Federal Frontier Guards), a police unit of 10.000 estab...

The "Bundesgrenzschutz" (Federal Frontier Guards), a police unit of 10.000 established in 1951, is West Germany's first military unit after World War II. 
Instruction for future officers of the Federal Frontier Guards.
Coburg, 1953
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The "Bundesgrenzschutz" (Federal Frontier Guards), a police unit of 10.000 estab...