IR 64

An infantry regiment of 85% Romanian nationality, headquartered in Szászváros, and recruited from the Transylvanian island mountains, along the Aranyos and Maros rivers. The regiment was assigned to the 16th Division, often divided into battalions, mainly placed with the 31st and 32nd Infantry Brigades. The division’s use varied. Until August 1916, it was assigned to the XII Corps and fought against the Russians in Galicia. From August 1916 to June 1917, it was on the Italian Front in the 5th Army along the Isonzo. Then, it was ordered back to the Russian Front, and in April 1918, it fought again on the South-Western Front, in Tyrol, in the 11th Army.

The post shows the extremely rare cap badge of the regiment, with two letter seals of the regiment.

One of the letter seals is part of a series issued to commemorate the regiments’ anniversary days. On July 14, 1866, the first day of the Austro-Prussian War, one of the 64th Battalions managed to repel a cavalry regiment of the invaders in northern Bohemia. Since there were hardly any favorable military events on that front for Austria, the smaller local successes were praised. The other letter seal is an issue of the regiment’s orphan and disabled fund operating during the Great War