"Austrian Army in Bucarest 1854-1857" Topic

hello

connoisseurs of the KK Army here?

what kind of uniform/unit is this mysterious "soldier in Bucarest" painted by Théodore Valério in 1854?

I suspect he is a Seressaner but not of the Grenz-Infanterie-Regiments, looks like rather the Militär-Grenz-Gendarmerie

I found a similar uniform with two men but with no boots nor plate in the colback, maybe because he is a NCO zugfürher (3 stars)

from I found in Bucarest there 2 brown-clothed border Grenz-Regiments (Croatian Grenz-Infanterie-Regiment Sluin/Szluiner n°4 and Slavonian-Syrmian Grenz-Infanterie-Regiment Peterwardeiner n°9) but the dress of their Seressaners is the usual traditional clothing and can't be mixed with the previous soldiers of the Gendarmerie :

Seressaner attached to the Croatian Grenz-Infanterie-Regiment Sluin/Szluiner n°4 by same artist

no idea if such Militär-Grenz-Gendarmerie was in Bucarest at that time, both Grenz-Infanterie-Regiments were sent with 2 Infantry Regiments, 2 artillery batteries, one pionnier company with 2 bridge crews and a field hospital…

after the Russian withdrawal the Roumanian principalties of Walachia and Moldavia under Ottoman rule were occupied by the Austrian Army between 1854 and 1857

neat. I see a kit bash in my future with some kind of grenadier cap on a grenzer.

Can't help with OP's question, but the eared-pommels on the knives caught my eye:

At first I thought Ottoman Yataghans.

Or then, ak-kulak with hilts from ox, or water buffalo (black horned ones are called kara-kulak)

Or finally Bosnian Bichaqs. This forum post has drawings of different Bichaq pommels (post #56):

- Viking Sword – Bosnian Bichaq – Page 2

This page (post #92) has a re-enactor with a similar knife and waist-carrier:

- Viking Sword – Bosnian Bichaq – Page 4