SB Austrian "Official" Figure set Officer - monocle?

[Doug ex-em4]

Can anyone who has the Austrian Silver Bayonet set tell me if they think the officer has a monocle on his left eye? I can’t decide. Maybe I need a monocle myself to see it

Doug

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Can anyone who has the Austrian Silver Bayonet set tell me if they think the officer has a monocle on his left eye? I can’t decide. Maybe I need a monocle myself to see it

Doug

I'm not sure I'd like to hazard a guess, very difficult to tell from the photo!

[Doug ex-em4]

I'm not sure I'd like to hazard a guess, very difficult to tell from the photo!

It’s no easier looking at the figure. In some ways, it just looks like a puffy eye caused by an over-bibulous lifestyle.

I should have just filed it off but as the figure is more or less painted now, I’m loath to do it.

Doug

[Metternich]

The Napoleonic period isn't really the period of the monocle (monocles first made their appearance in the UK in the 1830's), but s this Austrian officer conceivably could be an "early adopter."  The template for rimless eyeglasses dates back to around 1814 when an Austrian inventor named J.F. Voigtlander marketed a rimless monocle.