4thGordons Posted 16 July , 2016 Share Posted 16 July , 2016 A couple of images I recently purchased. I wondered if anyone could ID the unit based on the crests shown. Some detail of bayonets too for those who like that sort of thing! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 17 July , 2016 Share Posted 17 July , 2016 Hello Chris! We see the feather at the cap and an Edelweiß at the collar. Probably we have a Landesschützen-Regiment from Tyrols. Note the coat-of-arms. One of them is Innichen (there was the Landesschützen-Regiment "Innichen" Nr.III) http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fde%2Fthumb%2F8%2F8e%2FCoA_civ_ITA_Innichen-SanCandido.png%2F110px-CoA_civ_ITA_Innichen-SanCandido.png&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fde.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FInnichen&h=126&w=110&tbnid=Jh3jiJ7MHl9EBM%3A&docid=9D-SlKyZSmeBVM&ei=4AyLV6K8MpLLsAHx1rzoAw&tbm=isch&client=firefox-b&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=659&page=5&start=202&ndsp=48&ved=0ahUKEwiirIbq1_nNAhWSJSwKHXErDz04yAEQMwgtKBUwFQ&bih=886&biw=1680 Ther other one could be Lienz: http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F3%2F30%2FWappen_Lienz_Vektor.svg%2F100px-Wappen_Lienz_Vektor.svg.png&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fde.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLienz&h=112&w=100&tbnid=s6B1CXmTWLHmiM%3A&docid=sTt9ZaQZ2hWzUM&ei=Sg2LV-2LCsKSsgGBgIiwCg&tbm=isch&client=firefox-b&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=723&page=1&start=0&ndsp=43&ved=0ahUKEwjt2KOc2PnNAhVCiSwKHQEAAqYQMwgcKAAwAA&bih=886&biw=1680 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 17 July , 2016 Share Posted 17 July , 2016 And all with Mannlicher M.1895 bayonets, by the look of things - the one with the 'upside-down' blade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 17 July , 2016 Author Share Posted 17 July , 2016 Many thanks Prussian - those crests do look to be good matches. The rear of the card has some writing on it which appears to be czech or another slavic language (its not Hungarian or German) and appears to be addressed to an address in Prague / Bohemia. I agree on the bayonet ID Julian - I was somewhat surprised to see the men climbing had full length rifles as opposed to short rifle/carbine versions. Thanks again Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 17 July , 2016 Share Posted 17 July , 2016 Hi Chris! Would you show us the reverse? Any short abbreviation could help to ID that unit. Maybe we have members who are able to read a slavic language... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 17 July , 2016 Author Share Posted 17 July , 2016 I was just scanning it! Here you are: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 17 July , 2016 Share Posted 17 July , 2016 Hi Chris! Thanks for the scan. Wel, it doesn´t help, because I can´t read it. But we see "Praha" and Böhmen. In the text I can read "Polska" Unfortunately the stamp was removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob lembke Posted 18 July , 2016 Share Posted 18 July , 2016 Had fair Serbo-Croatian decades ago, related to Czech, which it almost certainly is. Possibly to a "Family Flechna". Addressed to a "Milovana", the female version of the common Slavic first name Milovan. Also haven't read much Fraktur for a few years. Don't recognize anything military like a unit designation. Word "vash" several times at the closing, also wishing luck in the formal closing salutation. Don't have a Czech dictionary, several Serbo-Croatian and Slovene ones but not near. Having read a lot of WW I cards and letters, those sent to a woman or girl are rarely very military. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 18 July , 2016 Author Share Posted 18 July , 2016 Thanks for that Bob, I didn't see anything that looked like an indication of a unit and as "Prussian" indicates any clues from stamp/postmark are long gone. I have a czech friend so I'll see what she can make of it. I agree with your final observation also! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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