Swiss Constitutional Prohibition
The Swiss constitution, as amended in 1874, forbade all military capitulations and recruitment of Swiss by foreign powers, although volunteering in foreign armies continued until prohibited outright, in 1927. The Papal Swiss Guard (see below) remains an exception to this prohibition in view of the unique political status of the Vatican and of the essentially bodyguard status of the unit.
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