Word: subaltern
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...subaltern of the Guards struck a policeman with the flat of his sword because he failed to salute the King's colors, which were carried past him oy the Guards' Regiment...
About Friedrich Wilhelm. " The world has heaped unbounded execrations upon this unlucky being. He was in fact no better and no worse than the average young cavalry subaltern. ... He had considerable personal charm, which he lavished principally on the fairer sex, but which in darker days has captivated the juvenile population of Wieringen...