It’s due to start the series of posts of the roundtrip with the capital city, Wien. Vienna was the largest city in the country, a true imperial capital. It had [ … ]
Month: August 2020
Rock drilling unit
Technical troops underwent significant development during the war. Since previous wars differed substantially, new types of tasks and jobs emerged. New weapons were introduced. This all required extensive technical, engineering [ … ]
Stretcher-bearer
Among the special units I refer to specialists who were applied on the field to solve special problems. Such a problem could be the elimination of technical barriers in the [ … ]
Karl and Zita
Emperor Karl and his wife Zita were very popular in Hungary. Hungarians did not forget the 1848/49 events. Neither did so Emperor Franz Joseph, who decorated his bedroom with the [ … ]
God punish the Italian!
In this section I will upload patriotic cap badges. They can not be regarded as true Kappenabzeichen since they are not linked directly to the troops or events happening to [ … ]
Doberdó
It is little known outside of Hungary that in the Hungarian peoples’ minds and wording the Italian front has always been called “Doberdó”. Most people do not even know where [ … ]
IR 32
The 32nd Infantry regiment was the house-regiment of Budapest with long historic traditions. The permanent owner of the regiment (Regimentsinhaber) was Empress Maria Theresia. Her portrait is featured by the [ … ]
5th Honved Hussar Division
Cavalry units were rather prestigious and they usually had very fine and expensive badges. The fifth division consisted of Honved hussar regiments: the red devils. The origin of the name [ … ]
IR 38
The cap badge of the Infantry Regiment No. 38 is one of the very much desired objects of Kappenabzeichen collectors. It is mainly due to the motives of the badge. [ … ]
Start the Journey!
Austria-Hungary was one of the fastest developing European country in its late flourishing period after the 1867 “Ausgleich” the agreement between the politicians of the two largest nations. The Monarchy [ … ]