Most of the cap badges anyone could buy. This must have been especially the case with patriotic badges. It is less likely that for example the beautiful enamel badge of [ … ]
IR 5
This regiment was the regiment of Szatmár County. The cadre was stationed in Szatmárnémeti. Its command located in Eperjes. The crew consisted of mixed Hungarian and Romanian nationalities. The year [ … ]
36th howitzer battery in Turkey
The Monarchy tried to provide a limited amount of assistance to Turkey’s war effort. This help primarily meant the transfer of artillery batteries. The activities of the von Marno mountain [ … ]
IR 31
It was one of the regiments of the Transylvanian 16th Infantry Division. They were attached to the XII. corps and fought through its battles. The cadre and battalions of the [ … ]
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Rock drilling unit insignia
We have today Gábor Széplaki’s latest post on special troops’ insignia. In 1915, with Italy’s entry into the war on the side of the Entente powers, completely new front lines [ … ]
IR 99
In the Roundtrip series, the regiment was already featured once, when I described Znaim, the city of the headquarters of the regiment cadre. Then I uploaded the plate badge showing [ … ]
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Dragoons’ helmet
The structure of the KuK cavalry as seen at the beginning of the Great War was established after 1867. The three troop sorts (dragoons, uhlans and hussars) received their latest [ … ]
IR 73
According to the inscription of the post card, it was the infantry regiment of the Eger Region. This area is located in Western Bohemia. During the Great War, this region [ … ]