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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gigi flic, post: 10273095, member: 91293&quot;]I still have my eye on Austria, and it is a huge problem.</p><p>Because not only that the main army was split into branches with different color uniforms, like infantry, cavalry, guards, artillery, but the Croatian regiments wore different uniforms then the Hungarian and Austrian ones. </p><p>Even more, we are talking of an period in time when the Austrian Emperor was still the Holly Roman Emperor,&nbsp; a collection of german states, each with its own army , uniforms and award system.</p><p>Even more complicated is that he was a nobleman. The officer class was still the nobleman class. Not all noblemen were officers, but pretty much pre French Revolution, or outside the French after the revolution, almost all of the officers were also noblemen.</p><p>And they had a little bit of leeway on tailoring their uniforms. That&#039;s how Murat ended up looking like a mix between Liberace, Armani and a peacock.</p><p>But it makes sense that a youngish man would have sat for his portret wearing the uniform if he had one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking at the portret closely, i found that the accents in the coat were done with gold paint, and that above the medal there is a roundish patch that holds a sigil of some sort, a monogram, a&nbsp; symbol , maybe a regimental symbol . So basically im looking for a red coat with gold wire accents in the front and a gold wire patch seal of some sort. Plus the award itself.</p><p>Sadly i cant seem to be able to get clearer pictures of the miniature, as the glass is basically a lens.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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