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Austrian Uniforms. Military Pictorial Album. Vienna 1876.

Austrian uniforms in the year 1876.

Title page.
Title page.
Infantry.
Infantry.
Artillery.
Artillery.
Train and medical corps.
Train and medical corps.
Emperor and Princes.
Emperor and Princes.
War Minister and the General Staff.
War Minister and the General Staff.
Naval Forces.
Naval Forces.
Guards.
Guards.
Dragoons.
Dragoons.
Jägers and Hussars.
Jägers and Hussars.
Engineers and pioneers.
Engineers and pioneers.
Bosnia-Herzegovina — Troops. Uhlans.
Bosnia-Herzegovina — Troops. Uhlans.
Auditors.
Auditors.
Military educational institutions.
Military educational institutions.
Veterinarians and craftsmen.
Veterinarians and craftsmen.
Landwehr. Infantry.
Landwehr. Infantry.
Landwehr. Cavalry.
Landwehr. Cavalry.
Decorations and badges.
Decorations and badges.
Decorations and badges.
Decorations and badges.
Honved. Hussars.
Honved. Hussars.
Honved. Administration.
Honved. Administration.
Honved. Crown Guard.
Honved. Crown Guard.

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