Of the many special units, assault troops receive the most attention. Their badges are the most popular among badge collectors. In my previous post, I already described some basic information [ … ]
IR 61 Segeti Camp
The 61st Infantry Regiment was a unit of the 17th Infantry Division, which protected the central section of the Karst Plateau. This division and also the regiment were practically deployed [ … ]
Triest – Trieste
From 1382, Triest was part of the Habsburg Empire, the center of the Coastal Province. The city was the Monarchy’s most important seaport for civilian traffic and a competitor to [ … ]
Machine gunners’ collar and cap badge
New post written by Gábor Széplaki In order to meet the requirements of modern warfare, first in 1908 pike gray and then camp gray clothing was introduced into the army [ … ]
April 1915
The Russian steam roller, which started in the autumn of 1914, slowed down at the Carpathian passes, and the struggle swung back and forth during the winter. After the fall [ … ]
Happy Easter!
I wish nice holidays for every reader! The site has been visited now by more than 1000 readers. I would like to thank all my readers the attention! In the [ … ]
Paul Puhallo von Brlog
Army general of Croatian descent. He was born in 1856 in the village of Brlog near the once border guard area. According to the custom of the age, he studied [ … ]
31st Honvéd IR
The focus of this post is not on a real postcard, but on a stenciled page with a badge on it. In today’s world, the reproduction techniques of the paper-based [ … ]
Statue of National Sacrifice
The statue was ordered in the spring of 1915 by the Augusta Fund and the Military Aid Office to raise donations. The work was entrusted to Ferenc Sidlo, a well-known [ … ]
Artillery of Görz
In 1915-16, the most serious fightings on the Italian front were for the possession of the town of Görz and for the maintenance or liquidation of the Austro-Hungarian bridgehead established [ … ]