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This is, apparently, a database of DCM winners from 1855 - 1918 but your man doesn't seem to appear on it, https://uk.forceswarrecords.com/publication/1249/uk-recipients-of-the-distinguished-conduct-medal-1855-1918

I think that this is a Mannschaften or enlisted man attila as I would have expected there to be a button on either side of the collar for an NCO. An example similar to yours but for an NCO is shown about half way down this page, https://www.kaisersbunker.com/gtp/husar.htm

Dark green with yellow braid were attributes of the 6th and 10th Hussar Regiments. I think that this one is probably a privately-made tunic (or Attila) as it has no markings and the lining is of a superior kind. I am wondering about the shoulder straps as, for a trooper without NCO rank I think I would have expected single cords (as well as double-corded shoulder straps, an NCO should have a button on the collar). Perhaps this is the tunic of a one-year volunteer? You will find some useful information here (including a photo of a tunic of an NCO of the 10th Hussar Regiment), https://www.kaisersbunker.com/gtp/husar.htm

Knowing what kind of sword it is, would help the investigation, flintl0ck - assuming that sword and knot belong to each other, of course. (What I can see of hilt doesn't look British, to me.)

The zig-zag is the same as on the Royal Artillery tie.

Tony This is a great resource that, I for one, was not aware of! Many thanks for bringing it to our attention. I have discovered that it is also on archive,org, where scans of the original pages can be seen, https://archive.org/details/cu31924030726503/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater

Was he a regimental colonel (Inhaber) of a KuK regiment, perhaps?

Great result, David!

Perhaps he got lost in the system and never got round to chasing it up until he was due a bar, as well? Note that he is an officer - only eligible since 2016, it would appear - and RNR so the potential for being 'mislaid' is increased over a more usual recipient.

Good news! Don't forget to update the link on the footer to your posts.

What intriguing items, Prem! Do you know where they were found, by any chance? btw I clicked on the link to your blog and, as you will know, it no longer works so your might want to remove it from your signature.

Just as a reminder, this award to v Lossow was briefly discussed by Dave Danner in this post, with the award date, 18 August 1891, given two posts earlier.

I, also, was fascinated as to how this could have come about and discovered a bit more at this link on thepeerage.com, a well-respected and usually reliable source, https://www.thepeerage.com/p41343.htm#c413424.1 Interestingly, the mother of the bride wasn't directly a Forbes of Craigievar but came from a cadet branch descending from a younger son born in the mid eighteenth-century.

Brilliant find, No one! I have bookmarked it for future reference.

Very interesting! Many thanks for this information, Solomon.