Bought this buckle a long time ago, thought I’d share!

Hi everyone!

I've been doing some research on Austro-Hungarian qualification badges and lanyards, particularly those worn by infantrymen, and I've come across a few things I'm not entirely sure about.

1. Were sharpshooter lanyards considered separate awards from other qualification badges, or were they part of the same system?
2. Did receiving a qualification badge automatically entitle a soldier to wear a corresponding lanyard, or were these awarded independently?
3. Were qualification badges still awarded after the outbreak of WWI in 1914, or were they discontinued?
4. What about sharpshooter lanyards specifically? Could soldiers still earn them during the war, or were they only worn by men who had qualified before 1914?

I'm particularly interested in the 1915–1918 period, especially ordinary k.u.k. infantry units.

If anyone has contemporary regulations, photographs, or other primary sources that might clarify this, I'd really appreciate it!

Thanks in advance!

Gentlemen, I require your help. Austro-Hungarian and other Habsburg adjacent wallpapers would be much appreciated

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Sources:

https://onb.digital/result/10F77641

https://onb.digital/result/13241974

https://www.archivinformationssystem.at/detail.aspx?ID=3035282

https://www.valka.cz/Pesi-pluk-c-3-1873-1918-t47180

If you got more images and footage of the K.u.K. Mährisches Infanterieregiment Erzherzog Karl Nr. 3 please share

From the book "The life of Emperor Francis Joseph" by Francis Henry Gribble on archive.org

The curse was supposedly uttered to him by the Countess Karolyi (Countess Antónia Zichy) because he had executed Hungarian military commanders at Arad in 1849 and Count Batthyány supposedly one was her husband. I don't know if it's historical fact or not, the book is great, and the curse (if true) is pretty prescient.

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Taken from István Jacob's World War I Diary who was a member of the 2nd Imperial and Royal Hungarian Infantry Regiment during the War

Source:

https://nagyhaboru.blog.hu/2022/03/27/jakab_istvan_elso_vilaghaborus_naploja

If you have images and footage of the K.u.K. Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 2 during the War Please Share