Szanyi Miklós, Author at Sapkajelvény történetek

4. Army

Army badges are among the first pieces for collectors of Great War badges. They were produced in huge numbers, and

An incredible wearing photo of a barely existing badge has been found on Fortepan! The plate badge of the 71st

More than one and a half million of the population of the Monarchy fell victim to the Great War. This

In the rapidly changing front situation during the years of the Great War, it happened several times that higher units,

Lieutenant Colonel Békési’s Insurgent Brigade was formed in March 1915 from the remnants of units that had already suffered heavy

This regiment was formed from battalions of Western Hungary during the 1918 reorganization. Two were transferred here from the 83rd

It was a Styrian regiment, its crew came from the mixed Austrian-Slovenian part of the province. Its headquarters was in

Fortepan is a real treasure trove for researchers of old photographs. It even satisfies such exotic needs as wearing photos

The 74th was one of the Sudetenland infantry regiments. Its headquarters and one battalion were stationed in Jicin, and two

At the end of the Great War, after the collapse, hundreds of thousands of Hungarian soldiers returned home. After the