Portraits of rulers were often used for wartime propaganda. Among the pictures of Emperor Franz Joseph, his picture of praying remained the best in the memory. Posterity saw this image [ … ]
Month: September 2022
M 15 “corn” hand grenade
At the beginning of the Great War, the use of hand grenades was not common among the warring parties. The German and Turkish armies were rather well-equipped, and the other [ … ]
Marine assault troop (?)
This picture is very puzzling. What is a storm badge pinned to a sailor cap?? To answer this question, every small detail of the picture would have to be examined. [ … ]
M14 and M15 15 cm heavy howitzers
The development of the Monarchy’s artillery became an urgent task after the outbreak of the Great War. Heavy artillery was increasingly needed in the emerging trench warfare. Previously, it was [ … ]
HIR 305
As the war effort grew, more soldiers and the formation of new units and regiments were needed. The number of honvéd regiments was also increased. First, instead of the four [ … ]
IR 92
The 92nd Infantry Regiment was the home regiment of the military town of Theresienstadt (now Terezin). A young regiment was stationed in the young city: it was founded in 1882 [ … ]
3rd bat., BHIR 4
Undeservedly little has been said about the Bosnian troops so far. Mainly because I get relatively little information from the South Slavic states, I don’t have much contact there. However, [ … ]
IR 101
I chose the beautiful flag insignia of the 101st Békéscsaba infantry regiment again to show the significance of the lapel color of the regiments. The sulfur yellow color also appears [ … ]
September 1916 death of Capt. Pour
Encouraged by the partial success of the 6th Battle of the Isonzo, the Italian command initiated another offensive operation in the lower reaches of the Isonzo in September. The attack [ … ]
Assault troop 21
Among the various insignia of the stormtroopers, copies numbered according to separate units are the rarest. The standard assault badge of the Gurschner company was also made in an extra [ … ]