Wartime propaganda material, whether in terms of badges or postcards, is an almost inexhaustibly rich collection area. Throughout the Great War, German friendship was of particular importance. Not only because [ … ]
Month: August 2023
HIR 17
After the 17th National Insurgents, a badge from the 17th honvéd IR is featured. The honvéd flag badges were exactly the same size, shape and color. Only the numbering was [ … ]
17th Hungarian insurgent regiment
I have written about the insurgent units several times. In a nutshell, it is worth noting that they were not originally intended for direct frontline service, but already in August [ … ]
Colonel Victor Russ (2)
I have already described the story of Colonel Viktor Russ here. The hero of Bukovina probably really drove the leaders of the invading Russian military crazy with his raiding party. [ … ]
IR 68 letter seals
My friend Gábor Csiszér’s post about the letter seals and flag badges of IR 68. The 68th Infantry Regiment was at home in Jászság and Nagykunság. Its headquarters and cadre [ … ]
FJB 16
Among the badges of the rifle battalions, the numbered horn symbols played a prominent role. The brim of the feathered hat belonging to the decorative uniform was adorned with a [ … ]
Phone operators
From the point of view of the effective leadership of the troops, it was crucial in the Great War to pass information and orders as quickly as possible between the [ … ]
14th corps
Recently, there was talk about the special signaling of the mountain troops, about the snow weed. As said at the initiative of Archduke Ferdinand Joseph, the commander of the 14th [ … ]
74th field cannon regiment
At first glance, the title of the post, the script on the card and the badge could seem not very consistent. The solution is the continuous development and reorganization of [ … ]
August 1917 Fajti Hrib
If we have to mark two places on the Italian front where the biggest battles took place, and which are mentioned most often in Hungarian reminiscences and historiography, then the [ … ]