Hi, I am from Croatia and have found this document belonging to one of my ancestors who appears to have served in the Austrian military, can anyone please explain what this is or re-direct me to a subreddit that potentially can?
wat to you need exactly?
This is a discharge document from the K&K Marine
You want a transcription+ translation?
“Matrose 3. Klasse” seems to be rather low, wikipedia only knows “Matrose 2. Klasse”
A bit further up it says he also served as “Matrose 4. Klasse”, so my guess would be he started as Matrose 4. Klasse and was promoted to 3. Klasse after some time.
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Hi, I am from Croatia and have found this document belonging to one of my ancestors who appears to have served in the Austrian military, can anyone please explain what this is or re-direct me to a subreddit that potentially can?
wat to you need exactly?
This is a discharge document from the K&K Marine
You want a transcription+ translation?
“Matrose 3. Klasse” seems to be rather low, wikipedia only knows “Matrose 2. Klasse”
A bit further up it says he also served as “Matrose 4. Klasse”, so my guess would be he started as Matrose 4. Klasse and was promoted to 3. Klasse after some time.
[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangabzeichen_der_%C3%B6sterreichisch-ungarischen_Streitkr%C3%A4fte#Mannschaften_und_Unteroffiziere](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangabzeichen_der_%C3%B6sterreichisch-ungarischen_Streitkr%C3%A4fte#Mannschaften_und_Unteroffiziere)
If you really want to know, you could contact the museum of the austrian armed forces: [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heeresgeschichtliches_Museum](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heeresgeschichtliches_Museum)
[https://www.hgm.at/](https://www.hgm.at/)
It says: You must give all money to 1050_1.