TR009 The Archduke Franz-Ferdinand & His Wife Sophie K&C First World War Rhode Island

Rhode Island

and the buttons were of pewter

Australian and American influences

This soldier wears a shell jacket and trousers made from high quality British army cloth imported into the Confederacy throughout the war

and white gaiters was the prescribed uniform of the regulars

TR009 The Archduke Franz-Ferdinand & His Wife Sophie K&C First World War Rhode IslandOn Sunday, 28 June 1914 the heir to the throne of Austria Hungary, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, the Archduchess Sophie were on a visit to Sarajevo, the capital of the Austro Hungarian providence of Bosnia Herzegovina. While there a young Bosnian extremist, Gavrilo Princip, shot and killed the Royal couple as they drove through the city. The assassinations, along with a European arms race, hyper nationalism, the military ambitions of