The regimental owner of the 16th hussars was Field Marshal Alexander Üxküll Gyllenband until 1916. After the accession of Emperor and King Charles to the throne, the owner of the [ … ]
Month: June 2023
2. Army Qartier Abt.
Among the army Kappenabzeichen, there are those that belonged to a smaller functional section of armies or army corps. Thus, for example, medical institutions and hospitals belonging to one of [ … ]
Italian officers’ star
Italian badges and rank insignia are not the subject of this site. The “Italian officers’ star” is included here because we see it on many soldiers of the Monarchy in [ … ]
Plava-Globna: monument of the 4th insurgents
In quieter periods, the troops erected monuments near the front line, tried to make their surroundings livable. The camps and smaller settlements where they rested were the most suitable for [ … ]
IR 76
The majority of its staff, recruited from the counties of Vas, Sopron and Moson of Western Hungary, were native speakers of German, a third were Hungarian, and there were also [ … ]
Erich von Ludendorff
Erich von Ludendorff was one of the most successful and recognized military leaders of the German Empire during the Great War. He was born in Prussia near Posen (now Poznan) [ … ]
Memorial of the 308th regiment
The commemoration of military actions and fallen heroes already began during the Great War. Monuments were ceremonially inaugurated on the scene of previous battles, but in several places chapels were [ … ]
Aklos Inn
The military operations in the Eastern Carpathians from the fall of 1916 have already been discussed on this page. An outstanding event was the capture of Magyaros-height, which dominates the [ … ]
Assault troop badge
One of the common insignia of stormtroopers is the subject of this post. The military leaders of the Monarchy wanted to distinguish and honor the storm troopers as well. For [ … ]
June, 1917: Kostanjevica
Two years after the opening of the Italian front, the attackers who entered the territory of the Monarchy were able to occupy an approximately 20-kilometer deep strip along the lower [ … ]