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Month: December 2022
Rock drilling unit insignia
We have today Gábor Széplaki’s latest post on special troops’ insignia. In 1915, with Italy’s entry into the war on the side of the Entente powers, completely new front lines [ … ]
IR 99
In the Roundtrip series, the regiment was already featured once, when I described Znaim, the city of the headquarters of the regiment cadre. Then I uploaded the plate badge showing [ … ]
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Dragoons’ helmet
The structure of the KuK cavalry as seen at the beginning of the Great War was established after 1867. The three troop sorts (dragoons, uhlans and hussars) received their latest [ … ]
IR 73
According to the inscription of the post card, it was the infantry regiment of the Eger Region. This area is located in Western Bohemia. During the Great War, this region [ … ]
M15 3,7 cm Infantry cannon
This was a small-caliber artillery tool specially developed for trench warfare. His task was to destroy machine gun nests reinforced with sandbags and logs. Eliminating such strongholds with other available [ … ]
IR 44 reloaded
Several types of insignia were made for various infantry regiments. This gives me a chance to come back to some of them. This is also the case with the 44th, [ … ]
IR 19 medallion
The 19th Infantry Regiment has appeared on the site several times. Therefore, in this post, I will not discuss his role in the war and his command. The reason why [ … ]
IR 51 in Volhynia
The 51st Infantry Regiment was part of the Transylvanian 35th Infantry Division throughout the Great War. They were active on the Russian front until May 1917, often assigned to German [ … ]