| Some Austrian uniforms |
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| KAISERJAGER Leutenant in M1909 Hechtgrau tunic, with army binoculars,olive green painted sword,officer "private purchase" canteen,leather pistol holster for rast and gasser,"in the field"modified trench dagger,M1888 belt with grey painted belt buckle,field cap and snow goggles. (This would have been the uniform issued to officers when they first left for Galicia in 1914) |
| STANDSCHUTZEN Note the winter wool-cap and snow goggles,the old M1866 metal/glass canteen,the Tirolean backback,the summer trousers and summer tunic,the canvas puttee's,the alpenstock(mountain stick),the ersatz cloth M95 rifle sling,the ersatz ammo pouches made of iron instead of leather,the brown haversack(Brotsack),the ersatz gas mask can,the green collar stripes and the Standschutzen typical Tirolean single headed eagle collar badges. |
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| Ferdinand Holzner's tunic and cap of the Tirol K.K. Kaiserschutzen. He survived the war and returned to his farm in Austria. |
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| K-bluse for Kaiserschutzen rgt.#1. The badge on the left sleeve is for the trench artillery specialists. |