Uniform Identification

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rdkugel
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Uniform Identification

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Post by rdkugel » 17 Feb 2014, 17:53

Siegmund Kugel in Uniform  i copy.jpg
Siegmund Kugel Pozsony 1916
I would appreciate any assistance in identifying the uniform worn by my grandfather, Siegmund Kugel, in this picture. I was told he was an orderly for some officer. It was taken when he was on leave visiting his in-laws in Pozsony (Hungarian) or Pressburg (German), now Bratislava in 1916. He was 51 at the time. The photographer, "Mindszenty B," (Bela Mindszenty - the name inscribed follows traditional Hungarian order of surname first followed by the given name) was well regarded at the time.

Robert Kugel

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Re: Uniform Identification

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Post by Old Prohaska » 01 Mar 2014, 01:47

Looks like a private-purchase version of the standard Austro-Hungarian infantry uniform; the cap especially seems much nicer that standard issue. There are no rank or unit insignia, which fits with being the orderly for an officer.

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Re: Uniform Identification

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Post by rdkugel » 10 Mar 2014, 00:04

Thanks Old Prohaska.

It's intriguing to me that even though he was a German citizen at the time and lived in Berlin when the war started, he served in the Austro-Hungarian army. Of course, he probably also had Austrian/Hungarian citizenship, too.

Best regards,

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Re: Uniform Identification

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Post by a-h » 03 Oct 2014, 15:17

Summerbluse from line.

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