After forcing Serbia and Montenegro to their knees, the attack on the Entente troops continued in Albania. Albania was neutral at the beginning of the Great War, but its ports [ … ]
Month: February 2022
Cyclists’ badge
The second part of the Gábor Széplaki’s post on cyclist insignia. In my previous post I was writing about the distinctive insignia of volunteer cycling units, in this post I [ … ]
Red Cross pin and card
Not only regiment badges and army badges appeared on postcards printed during the Great War. The Office of Military Aid also issued postcards decorated with badges of the Office. Today, [ … ]
Otto von Habsburg
He was born on November 20, 1912. He was the eldest son of the later I. Karl. He was the third successor to the throne at birth. In a short [ … ]
“Skywalker” soldiers
The Air Force as a weapon was formed in the Monarchy like in other countries just before the Great War. At first, the planes sent to the air were mainly [ … ]
HIR 6 and the “fokos” battle axe
The 6th “Szabadka” honvéd regiment was one of the regiments of the 40th “Fokos” (Battle Axe) Infantry Division. The reader could get a taste of the division’s struggles here and [ … ]
Volunteer cyclist insignia
In connection with Miklós Szanyi’s post about cycling units, I would like to share a few thoughts on their distinctive insignia. As a result of technical advances at the millennium [ … ]
Colonel Gyula Bauer
Colonel Bauer was an outstanding battlefield commander of the 44th “Damned Regiment”. He was born in 1862 in Tata to a Jewish family. After graduating from civic schools he continued [ … ]
Lions
The war propaganda often likened the warriors of the nation to the king of animals, the invincible lion. The image of the large maned male lion appears on propaganda media, [ … ]
IR 44
This is a photo of wearing the cap badge of the “Damned Regiment”. The badge is visible between the two buttons on the cap of the captain sitting in the [ … ]