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Identification of uniform
« on: Sunday 30 May 21 23:51 BST (UK) »
Could anyone please identify this uniform which is allegedly from a 1915 photo but I believe it could be from 25-30 years earlier.  Is it German, Prussian, Austro-Hungarian or what?  The man wearing it is ethnic Polish.

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Re: Identification of uniform
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 30 May 21 23:54 BST (UK) »
Just marking  - watching with interest.  :)
Gaunt, Ransom, McNally, Stanfield, Kimberley. (Tasmania)
Brown, Johnstone, Eskdale, Brand  (Dumfriesshire,  Scotland)
Booth, Bruerton, Deakin, Wilkes, Kimberley
(Warwicks, Staffords)
Gaunt (Yorks)
Percy, Dunning, Hyne, Grigg, Farley (Devon, UK)
Duncan (Fife, Devon), Hugh, Blee (Cornwall)
Green, Mansfield, (Herts)
Cavenaugh, Ransom (Middlesex)
 

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Re: Identification of uniform
« Reply #2 on: Monday 31 May 21 00:14 BST (UK) »
Me too - but I have no knowledge of Central European army uniforms

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Re: Identification of uniform
« Reply #3 on: Monday 31 May 21 16:36 BST (UK) »
Can I suggest posting your photo in the Uniforms, Cap Badges and Insignia sub-forum of the Great War Forum? Plenty of experts in that particular forum who I am sure can give you an answer.

https://www.greatwarforum.org/forum/150-uniformscap-badges-and-insignia/


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Re: Identification of uniform
« Reply #4 on: Monday 31 May 21 21:36 BST (UK) »
Thank you CraigM63,

I have done that and got an instant answer that it is definitely German.  I expect to learn more from that source very soon.

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Re: Identification of uniform
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 01 June 21 10:31 BST (UK) »
I posted this in Ahnenforschung.net
A German forum im a member of.
They say it is a Prussian Infantry uniform
He was a non commissioned officer.
You were right on the Schützenschnur
It was introduced in 1894
Regiment unknown

Dave