Josef Valentin Kassin - "Kaiserschütze" (Imperial Infantry Rifleman) Bronze statue of a rifleman with mountain equipment - hobnailed boots, rope around the chest, ice pick in his hand, rifle slung around his shoulder, wearing a "collar with hood", marksman distinction and cap with black cock's feather. Signed at base "J. Kassin 1908". Height 31 cm. A figure crafted in great detail, a work commissioned by the Austro-Hungarian Ministry of Defence, presented to the Emperor Franz Joseph I in 1908 in special audience according to the catalogue. Josef , Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available

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