Grand Ducal Guard
The Corps of Gendarmes (State police) and Volunteers (Le Corps des Gendarmes et Volontaires) was created in 1881 and constituted the first purely national Armed Force in Luxembourg. As Luxembourg was neutral during the pre-mentioned time period, the corps was more a type of national military school system, preparing and providing access to civil servant- and law enforcement careers. It also had a representational role in addition to guarding the Grand-Ducal Palace and providing military ceremonial support.


























