Friday 13 July 2007

Austrian Netherlands Artillery Büchsenmeister


The Austro-Hungarian army was a multi-national force and the artillery were divided into separate German and Netherlandish corps, an arrangement that dated back to Spanish times. This is a gunner of the Netherlands corps, again with the cavalry boots and with lapels on the coat.

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