The III. corps of the Monarchy was organized in the provinces of Carinthia, Styria and the Seaside. This area is the two sides of today’s Austro-Slovenian border, including today’s entire [ … ]
Ruprecht, crown prince of Bavaria
The regiments of the Monarchy had regiment owners. This title used to be symbolic, but previously it was the duty of the regiment owners to set up the formations and [ … ]
8 cm M5/8 anti aircraft gun
Among the technical developments of the Great War, the air force stood out. Against the rapidly expanding and increasingly dangerous aircraft, the military command sought to protect ground troops. Therefore, [ … ]
1916 War Exhibition building – Praterstern
A year ago, the theme of a post was the 1917 Vienna War Exhibition. Its badge featured the Ferris wheel of the Prater and the entrance building to the exhibition. [ … ]
51st division assault troop
The 51st Division was set up by the Monarchy in the winter of 1914-15. The staff included replacements for the 23rd army division captured in Przemysl. They were soldiers from [ … ]
Shall we climb the hill?
The favorites of those who collect field post cards are hand-drawn, decorated specimens. Sometimes soldiers decorated the postcards written for their loved ones with a simpler pattern, flowers and calligraphic [ … ]
Horse-drawn rails
It’s a lovely little badge, nice in shape, and cute with peeking horses on it. One would not even think of how much the four-legged helpers were needed in the [ … ]
Military hospital Belgrad-Vracar
This time a well-known badge of en interesting building of Belgrade is the topic of the post. This hospital was founded in 1844 to provide health care to the Serbian [ … ]
40th honvéd infantry division
This division included the 6th, 19th, 29th and 30th honvéd infantry regiments, which received crews from the central areas of the Kingdom of Hungary, mainly from the Danube-Tisza area. They [ … ]
Colonel general Felix von Bothmer
Military cooperation between the Monarchy and the German Empire became as close as possible as early as 1915. The troops of the two countries fought shoulder to shoulder to defend [ … ]