AUCTION 39: ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOR

A SCARCE WW1 AUSTRIAN MUNTAIN TROOPS SIDEARM, 1014

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Start price: $300

Estimated price: $500 - $700

Buyer's premium:

The Imperial-Royal Mountain Troops (German: Kaiserlich-königliche Gebirgstruppe) were founded in 1906 as part of the Austrian Landwehr, the territorial army of the Cisleithanian half of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. As a result, the abbreviation "k.k." (for kaiserlich österreichisch, königlich böhmisch or "Imperial Austrian, Royal Bohemian") was used and not "k.u.k." ("Imperial and Royal") which would have implied a connexion with the Hungarian half of the Empire.

Dimensions: L: 28 1/2 in., ( 72 cm.)

Condition: Good with minor signs of use and wear.