Mmh, not easy - for me it does really not look for A-H-Military uniform.
Sperling of sure is a german last name, could also be a name at jewish people.
= sparrow:
https://www.google.at/search?q=sperling&biw=1276&bih...And Skolnik (original will not have ck) was also to find at jewish people:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_SkolnikBoth to find at Galicia Jewish names -> • Skólnik • Sperling
http://www.avotaynu.com/books/DJSGNames.htmAssumed more for some polish or russian or so…..
Austrians did have not such hats, also rest of uniform, I´m pretty sure.
But direction for area would fit anywhere I think, but just not directly at former A-H Empire.
See Austrian-Hungarian uniforms - click on the pictures:
http://www.kuk-wehrmacht.de/regiment/index.htmlPossible also a Prussian? When they lived in a nearby area which was Prussian that time and later back polish or so. Here right side person has similar hat, collar badges and cuff:
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3711/11997595253_126d5be692_z...Map Prussia:
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/357/9/0/greater_pruss...Prussian uniforms:
http://www.grosser-generalstab.deClick "Inhalt" and then "Preussische Uniformen v.H. Knötel d.J.u.M.Lezius", then flip pages by arrows below.
Prussians -> Kaiser (Emperor) Wilhelm Uniforms
Very similar hat:
http://home.comcast.net/~sjmilitaria/German_Files/J2010-013_...Also to see at 3rd person here:
http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2014/012/6/d/kaiser_wi...Prussia of German Empire, which was close to Galicia. What now is polish there was Prussian that time:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PrussiaIf we would know a place name for this family it would be easy - assume.