I know the badges of two Honvéd mounted artillery units. For a long time, I couldn’t get much information about the badges, or the units themselves. Then an acquaintance of [ … ]
Month: February 2023
FJB 9
Rifle battalions were organized throughout the Monarchy. Their training and employment differed from traditional infantry regiments, although the differences gradually decreased as the war progressed. After a while, the main [ … ]
Sancta Barbara
St. Barbara is the patron saint of gunners. It seems that this cult was strong during the Great War, as the depiction of the saint can be seen on the [ … ]
Colonel Karl Glöckner in IR 23
He was born on December 31, 1871, graduated from the Military Academy in Vienna in 1893 and from the Kriegsschule in Vienna in 1898. He was promoted to colonel in [ … ]
FAR 127
Identifying and tracking artillery batteries in the tumult of the Great War is quite a difficult task. On the one hand, only a few of the artillery units have memorial [ … ]
Jerouschek company
For some of the badges on the website, I also referred to the name of the manufacturing company. Most often, the marks of Arkanzas from Budapest, Gurschner and Brüder Schneider [ … ]
Mte Meletta: BHIR 2
The Monarchy annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878. The occupation was not without conflict. The local population organized themselves into self-defense groups according to historical traditions. They confronted the advancing [ … ]
February 1917 on the Carst
The fourth year of the war welcomed troops who had already suffered a lot, and hinterlands that had reached the limit of their ability to perform, all over Europe. This [ … ]
Isonzo Army
One of the most common and best badges. This post is about exactly that diversity. The Isonzoarmee (former 5th Army) was active in Serbia before the opening of the Italian [ … ]
St Mihiel
In 1918, the troops of the Monarchy had already defeated most of their opponents. Only on the Italian front did intense fighting take place, and in Albania did enemy troops [ … ]