Peter Orincsay Posted June 5, 2009 Author Posted June 5, 2009 The condition of the box was just magnificent!
Peter Orincsay Posted July 7, 2009 Author Posted July 7, 2009 It?s always fun to combine collecting and interest in digital computer work. Not long ago I bought a pack of old Austro-Hungarian military photographs form fellow gentleman IVER here at GMIC. Scanning and working with the photos, my fantasy runs wild thinking what might have happened to the person and how it might have looked like the day the soldier went to the photographer to have his photo taken. I posted some digitally colourized photos here on the forum before.. Now that i have a lot of new photos to work on, all that can keep me away is my regular work and maybe my wife.. :rolleyes:
Peter Orincsay Posted July 7, 2009 Author Posted July 7, 2009 Here?s the colourized result of the upper left picture, from the previous album-photo.
Ulsterman Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Nice! i didn't know the leggings were darker.Also, what's the collar stripe? Is it a rank of some sort?
Peter Orincsay Posted July 7, 2009 Author Posted July 7, 2009 Well, I looked for this at many places and several sources shows that the leggings were the same colour.In this case, the contrast between the leggings and the pants were so big, I assumed them to be darker.I also looked at the poor quality of this poor soldiers uniform. There is a visible big whole above his left breast pocket.So the pants might be used as well as his field coat.Here is a photo I used to get some details right..
Gordon Craig Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 (edited) Peter,In the book "The Emperor's Coat in the First World War" there are a couple of pictures showing men wearing these leg wrappings and they are all of different colour. There are two actual leg wrapers also pictured and they are different shades of brown. I'll post some photos from the book tomorrow. Can not get good pictures tonight.I also think the uniform should be greyer and not so blue. Field grey tunics were just that. The tunics in the book I referenced above are all from the HGM in Vienna. I'll post some pictures of actual uniforms to give you a better idean of the actual colour.Ulsterman,I beleive the stripes indicate the arm of service where collar tabs are not worn. A war time economy measure.Regards,Gordon Edited July 7, 2009 by Gordon Craig
Gordon Craig Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 Peter,Here is a pcture showing different coloured leg wrappings in wear. I am sure there were many different colours produced by different firms and leg wraps themselves would fade over time with washing.Regards,Gordon
Gordon Craig Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 There were two types of leg wraps used. The first type used a buckle to hold the leg wraps in place. These appear to be the type worn by the officer in the centre of the above picture.
Gordon Craig Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 A later type of leg wrap used a much inferior type of material and omitted the buckle. They just tied into place. This type appears to be what the man on the right side, as viewed by you, in the picture above.
Gordon Craig Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 The standard M16 tunic which appears to be what the man in your photo is wearing. I say standard because there were numerous small variations depending on who made the tunic.
Gordon Craig Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 Ulsterman,Here is an M15 tunic with a red stripe for an artillery regiment.
Ulsterman Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 Ah! Thanks Gordon!Very interesting. The Austrian color variations seem to be the most dramatic and vivid.Anyone got any complete uniforms out there?
Gordon Craig Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 (edited) Ulsterman,Here is a pike grey tunic I was looking at in Vienna earlier this year. The ribbon was a repro, I am almost certain of that, and that made me hesitate to pay 1000 Euros for the tunic. The next time I was in the same store in Vienna it was gone. A very high grade tunic and probably tailor made for the officer who wore it hence more on the grey side than anything I've posted yet.Regards,Gordon Edited July 8, 2009 by Gordon Craig
Peter Orincsay Posted October 19, 2009 Author Posted October 19, 2009 The latest acquisition for the collection. An inter-war officers winter tunic.
Peter Orincsay Posted October 20, 2009 Author Posted October 20, 2009 I just couldn't´t resist this beautiful air force officers belt buckle, even though it´s just a part ant the black textile behind the wings of the Tural. A really nice photo of the entire belt can be seen here at the Rathbone Museums page. Photo of the Hungarian air force officers belt.
Peter Orincsay Posted October 20, 2009 Author Posted October 20, 2009 Hungarian Air Force pilots badge. This type is a bit different because it lacks the usual hooks and has a needle instead.
Peter Orincsay Posted October 20, 2009 Author Posted October 20, 2009 The manufacturers mark in the back.
Peter Orincsay Posted October 20, 2009 Author Posted October 20, 2009 The Hungarian St. Stephens crown.
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