Unknown soldier-unknown army photo

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Obergrenadier
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Hi, if anyone could help me and say in which army served this soldier? Maybe if someone can say that by his uniform. Its from Croatia, which was part of Austrian-Unagarian Monarchy. Maybe is even older photo, but i dont heave any more informatin about it. Does he have rank?
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I think he i is a infantery soldier. He have bajonnet not sable and shoes not boots. And i think he is a private.
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Henrik Andersson wrote:I think he i is a infantery soldier. He have bajonnet not sable and shoes not boots. And i think he is a private.
It could be. Does belt maybe says something which army was he? Is it austrian?
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I think he is in the Austrian army. But look at his belt. Perhapse the beltbucket is the answer?
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Yea, if someone knows something about beltbucket.
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My vote: Russian army private (late uniform)
Belt with two-head eagle? look at collar, boots.
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I would be inclined to say that it's Austo Hungarian

http://www.germanmilitaria.com/OtherNat ... 48361.html
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laurence strong wrote:I would be inclined to say that it's Austo Hungarian

http://www.germanmilitaria.com/OtherNat ... 48361.html
I agree.
See also flaps on the pockets of the tunic, the same shape: http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-uni ... ustria.htm
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I also belive it's Austrian (Croatia wos part of Dual monarchy, so I hardly suspect it is russian)

By the way, is this german WW" belt bucket? I dont se the shape vey good, but it could be?
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Obergrenadier wrote:I also belive it's Austrian (Croatia wos part of Dual monarchy, so I hardly suspect it is russian)

By the way, is this german WW" belt bucket? I dont se the shape vey good, but it could be?
It certainly could; the eagle is exactly like the WH one. It could of course be an eagle for some of the more obscure nazi organizations, but I'd say it most probably is a WH WW2 buckle.
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the german buckle does it not say gott mitts uns on it
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