Kar71 portrait photograph

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Warrior1354

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Here's a neat one. I have actually been hunting for an original photograph showing off one of these carbines. Trying to find an original one has been a very hard task. But, this one here was located and the price was very reasonable. Even though this is more of a studio portrait picture. It's still nice to finally see one.

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Questions on the photo . If he was artillery he would have been issued a carbine ? If so , would the bayonet have been issued as a knife / tool ?
 
I had a similar photo of my grandfather and ended up displaying it on a digital frame from nixplay.com. It rotates through a bunch of old family pictures and helps keep everything visible without cluttering wall space. Plus, I like being able to update it remotely if new info pops up or I get better scans.
 
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AndyB said:
Interestingly he has a S84/98nA on belt, so the Kar71 is probably a studio inventory.
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He's also got that little bundle of flowers on the front of his uniform. I'm far from an expert on these pics, but the bunch of flowers screams early / immediately pre-WW1 studio portrait to me. That late I'd expect even artillery etc. to have rotated out the Kar71s, so my vote is also studio inventory.
 
I am not uniform guy, but from bottle and bayonet is probably timeframe only early 1915, prior 1915 were not made S84/98nA bayonets ( i dont known about samples 14 dated), only S84/98aA and some version of S14, the flowers are typical by recruitment or after training when marching on front area. I assume he has a ammo pouch for 8x57IS ammo, so a Kar71 is here mostly total obsolete.
 
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