A Croatian Volunteer's German Heer Artillery Sergeant (Feldwebel) Officer's Tunic Auction mostly circa 1870-1880 period manufacture

mostly circa 1870-1880 period manufacture

Air Crew Europe Star with France and Germany clasp

He was vaccinated against smallpox on 18

Earlier models featured a shark skin sheath and ray skin hilt

Small scratch to left of monarch's nose

A Croatian Volunteer's German Heer Artillery Sergeant (Feldwebel) Officer's Tunic Auction mostly circa 1870-1880 period manufactureThe tunic is fabricated from a fine Army green wool, while the contrasting collar is in hunter green wool. The shoulders are adorned with Sergeant's (Feldwebel) shoulder straps, each strap incorporating a 9 mm wide strip of fine silvered wire threading, sewn in place via white threading upon a hunter green wool upper, the edges trimmed in red cord piping indicating the branch to be Artillery, grayish green wool underside, each strap with a gilt pip,