Del Prado · First World War · Serbia, 1914
This Del Prado corporal brings the Balkan front into the First World War catalog. The distinctively shaped cap, dark field clothing and carried rifle make a compact subject with a more specific identity than a generic early-war infantryman.
- Maker
- Del Prado
- Subject
- Serbian 2nd Infantry Regiment Corporal 1914
- Historical setting
- First World War · Serbia, 1914
The war’s opening front
Austria-Hungary invaded Serbia in August 1914, as recorded in the National Army Museum’s First World War timeline. The figure therefore opens a part of the war that can disappear from collections centered on France and Belgium. A Serbian soldier is not simply a variation of the Western Front uniform story.
A national comparison without flattening differences
The catalog’s Austro-Hungarian hussar and other 1914 subjects can form a chronological comparison of armies at the outbreak of war. Keep their different services and roles visible. Cavalry and infantry uniforms should not be treated as direct equivalents simply because both figures carry the same year.
The cap and rifle are the main checks
Photograph the cap’s outline, the rifle, the front equipment and the underside of the base. Inspect thin weapon parts and raised uniform edges under even lighting. A seller may use only “Serbian soldier,” losing the rank and regiment. Search that broad term if necessary, but confirm the precise pose and preserve the fuller description once the figure has been identified.
Figure reference
Del Prado Serbian 2nd Infantry Regiment Corporal 1914 — Planète Légendaire catalog record. The collecting observations above refer to the pictured model; condition varies between individual examples.