Originally Posted By: Kiwi
Kgl. Kais. would probably translate to Imperial and Royal because the Austrian Kaiser Joseph was King (Koenig), of Hungary and Emperor (Kaiser) of Austria. Hofbuchsenmacher means gunmaker to the royal court.


I think it is a bit unlikely that Barella from Berlin supplied to the Vienna court. And the Austrian K.u.K is usually pronounced as "kaiserlich-königlich".

After 1871, the Germans also had their personal union of a Prussian king and a German emperor - and for a stout Prussian, his king would always come first.

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fuhrmann