The 11th honvéd infantry regiment received its crew from the territory of north-eastern Hungary, mainly Zemplén and Bereg County. The command was in Munkács. I presented a beautiful badge of [ … ]
Month: July 2023
Hermann von Staabs
The soldiers of the Monarchy knew the names of only a few of the German generals, therefore it was rarely worth making a badge with their portrait. The name Hermann [ … ]
HIR 4
The 4th honvéd infantry regiment was one of the regiments of the 20th honvéd division. The division’s battles have already been mentioned on other occasions, and the regiment always took [ … ]
The Easter battle of 1915 and IR 28
After the fall of Przemysl, from March 22, 1915, Russian pressure on the defense line of the 3rd Austro-Hungarian Army in the Carpathians intensified. The troops that had previously besieged [ … ]
IR 91
Only very little can be learned about the infantry regiments with Czech nationality. The basic source of information for blog editing is the Internet, which is quite confusing in such [ … ]
Weiss Manfred Works
During the Great War, most industrial companies operated as war plants. The army was the customer for many industrial products. Some military factories also had badges. Some of these were [ … ]
Mountain troops’ badge
Another long-awaited post by my friend Gábor Széplaki. The plant with star-shaped inflorescences, the snow weed (Edelweiss), is mostly found at an altitude of 1,800 to 3,000 meters, on stony [ … ]
Picnic on the front
Some of the commanders visited the front. However, visits above a level were nothing more than wartime picnics. The visitor did not go to the trenches, but observed the frontline [ … ]
IR 4
The 4th Infantry Regiment was one of the most prestigious Austrian regiments. The respect is already evident in the fact that the regiment’s owner was Grand Master of the German [ … ]
Frontline fashion
Perhaps I am not saying anything new to anyone by stating that men can be very vain. They like to dress nicely and fashionably, take photos and pose with a [ … ]