Austria-Hungary Full-Bearded Austrian Officer Circa WW1

[Kev in Deva]

Hallo Gents

I picked this picture up at the recent Collectors Fair in Deva.

All it has printed on it are the words TOM. BURATO and ZARA on the front.

The medals appear to be:

1. ORDER OF FRANZ-JOSEF, Knights Cross.

2. (?)

3. (?)

4. Officers Military Service Cross.

Kevin in Deva

[Kev in Deva]

Close up of the Medals:

No. 2 1878 Military Campaign Medal?

No. 3 Signum Laudis Medal?

Kevin in Deva

[Kev in Deva]

Back of the card:

At some stage it was stuck in an Album, the white stuff is fairly easy to remove,

a job for a wet day, but at +34? I might have to wait a week or so to see rain

Kevin in Deva.

[hunyadi]

My "guess" is

2) Jubilee Medal - 1898

3) Bosnia - Herzegovina Medal (1315 awarded!!!)

but its hard for me to tell from the scans...

[Guest Rick Research]

I'd say the second one from the size is the generic War Medal created in 1873 and awarded for wars 1848-1901/

The third from it's hlaf/half ribbon and small silver size might be something Tyrolean from 1866 but I'm too far out of my field to be sure.

He's a Major.

[Josef Rietveld]

I agree with Rick with the 1873 War Medal aswell with the 1866 Tyrolian Medal (but that is only a guess, the picture is too bad)

haynau

[hunyadi]

It was my understanding that the 1873 war medal was on a yellow and black ribbon similar in design to the war ribbon - that second one looks clearly like a solid red ribbon to me?

[Josef Rietveld]

It was my understanding that the 1873 war medal was on a yellow and black ribbon similar in design to the war ribbon - that second one looks clearly like a solid red ribbon to me?

That is correct but the old photographic material had the characteristic to depict yellow as dark.

the second one shows for me red and white

haynau

[hunyadi]

yes that is more plausable when you compare it to what is probably a red/white ribbon...

[Carol I]

a job for a wet day, but at +34? I might have to wait a week or so to see rain

How are you surviving, Kevin? If there were 34 degrees in Deva, it's not hard to imagine what must have been in the south...

[Kev in Deva]

How are you surviving, Kevin? If there were 34 degrees in Deva, it's not hard to imagine what must have been in the south...

Hallo Carol I

so far it has been reported that there have been 30 heat-related deaths in Romania, this summer!!

Bucharest is hitting the +40?s

Kevin in Deva.

[Carol I]

so far it has been reported that there have been 30 heat-related deaths in Romania, this summer!!

"This summer" probably means the week or so since the heat wave came. Terrible!

Stay cool, Kevin!

[Kev in Deva]

Gentlemen

Many thanks for your helpful observations,

I tried playing around with the scanner setting, this is the best I can get.

Kevin in Deva.

[hunyadi]

yep - its probably the 1873 medal and something else -