Fürst composed this tune as the Badonviller-Marsch for the Royal Bavarian Infantry Guard Regiment.
In 1956, the first director of the Bundeswehr Militärmusikdienst, Friedrich Deisenroth, provided a "Fachdienstliche Anweisung" (specific service directive) for the German Bundeswehr orchestra, to avoid playing the march except in concerts with reference to the historical background.