The official AHF Austria-Hungary quiz thread

[Glenn2438]

OK!

You would find one of these individuals at each k.k. district headquarters.

Regards
Glenn

[Orok]

Although I'm not sure from the picture but I think he's wearing stars not rosettes on his collar. If this is true then he's not a military official but a non combattant officer. Rechnungsführer?

Best Regards!

[Glenn2438]

Hi Orok,

I will kill this now and let somone else have a go.

He is a Landwehr-Bezirksfeldwebel or permanant staff Sergeant Major on the headquarters of a Landwehr District. Unlike most SNCOs he wore a double breasted tunic and additionally a yellow cord on the left shoulder. His rank borte or braid was silver.

Regards
Glenn

[Orok]

Glenn,

I knew he was a Feldwebel equivalent. I only knew the artillery and cavalry had shoulder cords, and the artillery also had embossed buttons, that is why I came up with a Feuerwerker!

Please give us more quiz! It's a learning process to us, or at least to me!

Thanks and Best Regards!

[Glenn2438]

Hi Orok,

thanks. This might be a little easier

The rank and branch of service of the wearer of this tunic.

Regards
Glenn

[agibaer]

Oberst der Artillerie?

Robert

[Orok]

Hauptmann der (Reitende?) Artillerie (Honved or Hussar regiment?)?

Best Regard!

[agibaer]

Hauptmann, yes. sorry.

robert

[Glenn2438]

Hi Robert and Orok,

it is the tunic introduced in 1913 for the newly raised Hungarian Landwehr (Honvéd) artillery and is of course an Hauptmann. Identical in all respects to the normal artillery tunic with the exception of the cuff decoration.

Orek next I think

Regards
Glenn

[Orok]

Thanks Glenn.

I don't really have any good quiz so there is a really easy one.

This is the famous German Feldmarschall von Mackensen. My question is what uniform he is wearing and why he is wearing it?

Best Regards!

[agibaer]

He's wearing a hungarian husar uniform as he was made lieutenant colonel of a husar regiment after the capture in Przemysl and later filedmarshal of this regiment. And I don't know what unit that would have been but I'm sure our friend GLenn knows more abou that 8)

robert

[Glenn2438]

Orok,

GFM von Mackensen became the Regiments-Inhaber or regimental proprietor of k.u.k. Husaren-Regiment Nr. 10 on 11 June 1915.

Robert can ask the next one

Regards
Glenn

[Orok]

Glenn as always is absolutely correct. Here is the original photo before I cropped it and you can read the caption!

Robert, please give us something to chew on!

Best Regards!

[agibaer]

I'm sorry I had my sisters birthday party tonite...... so I'll give you an easy one... who is the most known funny character of AH anecdotes from 1890s to WW1?

robert

[Orok]

I absolutely have no clue! Anyway my interest is only in military stuff!

Let's see if Glenn or Stauffenberg knows.

Best Regards!