The interesting thing about this post is the badge printed on the post card. According to the inscription, it is the insignia of the 1st Infantry Regiment. Based on the [ … ]
Month: December 2021
5th honvéd hussar division
Eight of the ten honvéd hussar regiments were organized into two divisions at the beginning of the war. These divisions were first deployed as battle cavalry, and from 1915 onwards, [ … ]
Colonel General Arthur Arz von Straussenburg
Colonel-General Arthur Arz was born in Nagyszeben in 1857 to a Saxon family with a long history. After graduating, he first began his studies in law, but soon enrolled as [ … ]
Merry Christmas!
I wish a blessed, merry Christmas to all my dear readers with this beautiful Kutzer postcard and extra badge. The badge is extra, as it is not mistaken, it is [ … ]
Iron cross
On a relatively large number of badges we see the most famous decoration of the German Empire, the Iron Cross. Iron Cross badges appear mostly with portraits of the rulers [ … ]
Austro-Hungarian Navy
The Austro-Hungarian Navy was the sixth strongest in the world on the eve of the Great War. The development of the fleet gained momentum from the late 1860s. The Monarchy [ … ]
Defenders of the Dolomites
From 1915 until the end of the Great War, the War in the Alps received much attention in the contemporary media. Perhaps far greater than its weight and importance. There [ … ]
Hussar regiment No 9 “Nádasdy”
The regiment was founded in 1688 by Count Ádám Czobor with the permission of Emperor Leopold I. The crew was recruited from the areas of the North-Western part of Hungary. [ … ]
26th trench mortar company
Gábor Csiszér’s extremely interesting postcard is the main topic of the post. The card is not a unique piece, it is reproduced in print, but as you can see is [ … ]
National colors on the badges
A multitude of propaganda badges were created in the Monarchy to maintain war enthusiasm. Some of these have been issued by official bodies such as the Office of Military Assistance [ … ]