Friday 13 July 2007

Austrian German Artillery Büchsenmeister


Or put more simply, an Austrian German gunner! The Austrian artillery managed to hang on to many of its ancient "craft" traditions well into the 18th century and the unusual names were part of that. The artillery also wore cavalry-style boots and the German artillery had a very curious arrangement of buttons on the cuff.

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