![]() ![]() The chaplain of the guard reads aloud the oath in the languages of the guard (French, German and Italian): ![]() If accepted, new guards are sworn on 6 May every year in the San Damaso Courtyard. Qualified candidates must apply to serve. ![]() Recruits must have a professional degree or high school diploma and must be between 19 and 30 years of age and at least 174 cm (5 ft 8.5 in) tall. Recruits must be Catholic, single Swiss males who have completed basic training with the Swiss Armed Forces with certificates of good conduct. Headwear is typically a large black beret for daily duties. Still, once a time, the uniform included a flaring skirt, so things could be worse. Their official full dress uniform is blue, red, orange and yellow with a distinctly Renaissance appearance. The best of prophets of the future is the past. Landschlacht, Switzerland, Friday 22 January 2021 ![]()
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