Uniform Help Please

[Dilly]

Two distinct types of training establishments for the education of regular officer candidates in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy were in existence prior to the First World War: The military academies which directly commissioned successful graduates and the cadet schools who graduates were posted to their units usually as a Kadett-Offizierstellvertreter/Fähnrich before eventual commissioning. Students at both types of institute were generally known as Zöglinge or students. The insignia of the students of all these instructional establishments was generally the same with a couple of minor variations. The students were distinguished by braid on the collar according to their level of achievement at their respective academy/cadet schools as follows:

1. Those with "good progress" or bei gutem Fortgang: 1 braid on the collar.

2. Those with "very good progress" or bei sehr gutem Fortgang: 2 Parallel braids on the collar.

BUT MAX 2 LINES (not 5 like in your photo) ...it is very strange

[Fritziii]

Thanks Dilly!!

Fritz

[flik]

Its a K.K Gendarmerie privat purchase uniform for privats and NCOs. Number on the buton (2.) is the gendarmerie from Bohemia (so Prag maker is what you would expect).
As for the "rank", the uniform is not for an officer so the strange rank is IMO probably something done in a theater (or similar) to upgrade the uniform to the rank of major. The stars are also not for oficers and the gold is not of the correct pattern. I would look into the direction of trying to remove this from the collar, replacing it with some celluloid or bone stars (if you find any trace of them under the "new" rank) and you would probably have a nice gendarmerie tunic.

[Fritziii]

Thanks Flik!

Fritz

[bubble]

5

On tag is (in czech language) written:
(?R. Stein (?))
ústav pro stejnokroje (salon/parlour for uniforms)

[Fritziii]

On tag is (in czech language) written:
(?R. Stein (?))
ústav pro stejnokroje (salon/parlour for uniforms)

Thanks!

Fritz

[Fritziii]

Here are a couple close ups of the bullion collar and star

Fritz

[Fritziii]

Another, bullion looks like the pattern shown above.

Fritz

[flik]

The tresee is indeed austro-hungarian, but for fahnrich. It seems that for of these were sewn together to form an impresion of a wide tresee for staff officers. IMO this was done postwar since the only way I think thesse would be plausable is if the jacket was of an officer pattern (and this one is not). Also, a regulation staff officer would have this also on the cuffs. The stars could be OK, but I havent seen any like this before, made of this kind of thin bullion.