Can you identify this possibly Austro-Hungarian military uniform from either WW1 or before?
Upvote:1
I believe this uniform is from the k. k. Gendarmerie Here is a picture of their uniform from the same wiki page: 
There are slight differences (eg number of buttons), but the design of both the hat and the coat is clearly very similar, and the man on the wiki link is a Gendarme officer (Hauptmann) from Bosnia-Herzegovina, while your Great-Grandfather was from another area of Austria-Hungary and probably of lower rank.
Here is another image of an Austrian gendarme-coat, demonstrating the same epaulet on the left shoulder, and the cord hanging from it. 
(This is a colonel (Oberst), so it has more cords)
It turns out that other K.u.K military units wore a similar design of coat (Waffenrock in fact) for example the K.k. Landesschützen, so it is hard to be certain. It seems that gendarme after 1900 (other than Hungarian ones) were supposed to have helmets, not Jager-hats, but for example the Landesschützen (who wore Jager-hats) had a much lighter bluish hue on the Wafferock, that is very bright on black-and-white photos. But the one sided cord and epaulet I have only seen on gendarme uniforms.
The K. k. Gendarmerie also has a Facebook page, they have a ton of photos of different uniforms, and perhaps can help with further research.
More post
- 📝 Did archers lay on their back to draw bows?
- 📝 What race were the invading Turkish armies of Anatolia?
- 📝 How did the email client industry develop?
- 📝 Was Pythagoras against traditional/contemporary Greek education?
- 📝 How did Columbus calculate the size of the Earth?
- 📝 Why is it called the "Ottoman" Empire in English language?
- 📝 When did the Hindu-Muslim split start in India?
- 📝 Were officers allowed to resign during the American Civil War?
- 📝 Why are stamps put in the top-right corner of post?
- 📝 Why was Stalin so opposed to genetics?
- 📝 Where did the so-called "Japanese Skulls" end up?
- 📝 How widely accepted are Tolstoy's views on history within the academic community?
- 📝 How many Germans were killed in action in the taking of Paris, 1940?
- 📝 Were there luxury restaurants in East Germany?
- 📝 Which WWII Medal and ribbon are these?
- 📝 Newton, Galileo, and Gravity
- 📝 If the Iraq War was because of their oil, has the US achieved their war aims
- 📝 Hand signal for suppressing enemy position in World War 2
- 📝 Why did Bakht Khan switch sides in Indian War of Independence 1857?
- 📝 What was the name for the region before it was "the Balkans"?
- 📝 White on Polish coat of arms
- 📝 Did genocide occur in the Football War?
- 📝 Broad and deep historical causes of gang violence in Mexico and El Salvador
- 📝 What is the origin of astronomical seasons beginning at equinoxes?
- 📝 When was the weekend changed in Jordan?
- 📝 Why did science flourish in Germany after the First World War?
- 📝 Were there any notable historic figures that weren't racist by modern standards?
- 📝 Were there any attempts to achieve peace in WW1 before 1918?
- 📝 How did gladiators/assyrians kill large predators in single combat?
- 📝 Earning a living from teaching chess in 18-19th century England
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 Can you identify this possibly Austro-Hungarian military uniform from either WW1 or before?
- 📝 Can you help identify this European military uniform and medals?
- 📝 Can you please help identify this military uniform (1700's)?
- 📝 Can you identify this Soviet uniform from the 1970s to ~90s
- 📝 Can anyone identify the military branch and rank of the man in the front row? This is from Germany @1932
- 📝 Can you identify this military uniform?
- 📝 Can anyone identify what uniform this child soldier from Switzerland c1870 is wearing?
- 📝 Can anybody help identify this uniform ? Circa WW1
- 📝 Can you identify the markings on this WW1 trench art?
- 📝 Can you identify this seemingly British uniform in a presumably French portrait?
- 📝 Can anyone identify this uniform from SE Asia?
- 📝 Can you help identify this European military uniform?
- 📝 Can anyone identify this European ?naval uniform from photograph and likely date (belle époque)?)
- 📝 Can anyone identify this military uniform (1900-1915)?
- 📝 Can you identify the ship in this picture?
- 📝 Can anyone identify the regiment and rank from this WWI photograph?
- 📝 Can you identify these images from Revolution-era Russia?
- 📝 Can you identify this British Army uniform, worn in India circa 1920?
- 📝 Can anyone identify this possibly Czechoslovak uniform?
- 📝 Can you identify this ship of 1922?
- 📝 Please identify this WW1 Italian Uniform
- 📝 Can someone identify this military uniform?
- 📝 What is this military uniform from the 1870s?
- 📝 Can anyone help identify this uniform jacket?
- 📝 Can anyone help identify this French military uniform?
- 📝 Can anyone help identify the country, rank, and unit this WWI uniform is from?
- 📝 What British WW1 uniform is depicted on this photo from Taunton?
- 📝 Can you help me identify this Italian Royal Army Uniform?
- 📝 Can anyone help to identify and date this uniform or the medals?
- 📝 Can anybody identify the cap-badge and/or uniform in this image?