Pro Gloria et Patria
Pro Gloria et Patria ( lat. "For fame and fatherland") was the motto on the troop flags of the Prussian army .
In 1713, Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia was the first German monarch to set uniform dimensions and designs for the flags and standards of his troops.
The center of the regimental flags and standards was taken by the Prussian eagle in a laurel wreath with a crown , above which a banner with the motto Nec Soli Cedit (Latin: "He does not give way to the sun.") Floated . Under Frederick II this motto, directed against France and its Sun King Louis XIV, was changed to Pro Gloria et Patria . This version of the troop flag was in use until 1918.
Until 1945 the Feldgendarmerie , the military police of the Wehrmacht , also used a troop flag based on the Prussian model with the motto.