Do you know this officer? Please help me id a photo.

[Skrapwelder]

A photo portrait my wife and I picked up at an antique fair. I'm guessing he's French or Belgian. Can anyone give me a clue as to his identity or his time and area of service.



Thanks,

Mike

[MrHarold]

I don't know who he is, but I like his hat.

[Bugsda]

I think he's a Prussian postman, but I could be wrong 

[Calimero]

Don’t know who he is either but he doesn’t look French to me… Austrian maybe?

[ts]

Guess you has to look East, Romania, Bulgaria or such a country.
The grip of his is sabre looks like a Russian type.

[Stecal]

I would concentrate on his decorations & medals to identify the country

[ushistoryprof]

The hat is too short  a cut for Austria-Hungry and is almost a direct copy of the hat of a Marshal of France. But no Legion d' Honor is visible (a given for a Marshal of France) and there are minor differences with the gilting.  So he is most likely a Marshal or other high ranking officer-nobility from an ally or country that admired France. Prof

[former user]

I'd go for belgian...
You tried the Great War forum?

[cdr]

no belgian with that kepi .

[Auton]

Not my era but a spot of Google-fu brought up this Romanian military history forum and some of the kepis have very similar looking parts to them...

http://www.worldwar2.ro/forum/index.php?showtopic=1523&st=0

[Hammers]

The pompom in the front doesn't look right on a GW Frenchman nor Belgian. A Serb, Montenegrin or Bulgarian?

[former user]

the kepi without ponpon looks french, but the cuffs look german

there is no cockade, so probably a kingdom and not a republic

[pacofeanor]

He is not french  nor a belgian !! romanian?

regards
paco

[Hammers]

I think I have it! It must be King Muskar XII of Syldavia. 

[postal]

I am thinking poland or sweden.I would do like ushistory said focus on the medals.