Seconding selenak: if you desert but get caught, i.e. don't escape, there's a very good chance you still get the death penalty. (Even under future King Fritz.)
I should add, though, that especially during the Seven Years' War, when the Prussian army needed it the manpower they could get, if you deserted and later re-enlisted, it was usual that few questions would be asked.
Re: The Katte War Tribunal Protocol
Date: 2020-01-07 06:47 pm (UTC)I should add, though, that especially during the Seven Years' War, when the Prussian army needed it the manpower they could get, if you deserted and later re-enlisted, it was usual that few questions would be asked.