Deutscher Kriegerbund (English: German Warrior League) was a war veterans' and reservists' association in Germany established in April 1873 in Weißenfels.
In this form, it was a forerunner of later German military social welfare provisions like the National Socialist War Victim's Care.
Since it was initially dominated by groups of soldiers of the former Prussian army, local veterans' associations of Bavaria, Saxony, Württemberg, Hessen and Baden preferred to remain out of its circle.
The building of the memorial pleased and inspired the other German war veterans' associations who had been reluctant to join the Deutscher Kriegerbund.
This inclusive organization integrated the formerly scattered German war veterans' associations, which had been one of the main aims of the Deutscher Kriegerbund.