In this post, my friend Gábor Széplaki’s beautiful photo and the associated cap badge make us think and investigate. Following the great reorganization in 1913, the Royal Hungarian 1st Honvéd [ … ]
The Italian cat
The early escalation of the Great War was triggered by the entry into war of some European countries in addition to the already involved Central Powers and the Entente. First [ … ]
Automobile Corps 2
The photo in the post is a follow-up to the previous material about automobile corps. It’s got the same person on it, and it is also a picture of Lux-Fotó [ … ]
19th Landwehr Infantry Regiment
The 19th Krakow Landwehr Infantry Regiment was part of the 131st Brigade and the Hofmann (XXV) Corps was its higher unit throughout the Great War. The corps was deployed on [ … ]
Automobile Corps
Post written by Gábor Széplaki From the last decade of the 19th century, motorization has gained ground in the world. Vehicles were already appearing in military exercises at the beginning [ … ]
Kassa (Kosice)
The city of Kassa (today Kosice, Slovakia) was one of the most important administrative and military centers of the Kingdom of Hungary. It was the seat of the county of [ … ]
Pola
Pola (today Pula, Croatia) was the monarchy’s most important naval base on the Istrian peninsula. Previously, along with Dalmatia, Istria and Pola were Venetian estates until the Napoleonic Wars. In [ … ]
SMS Kaiser Karl VI
The SMS Kaiser Karl VI was built between 1896 and 1898 at the Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino shipyard in Trieste. The structure and armament of the ship corresponded to the contemporary [ … ]
Romanian funny badge
To enthuse soldiers and the general public badge producers designed funny propaganda badges. The main motif of Arkanzas’ badges is the Hungarian private who teaches the enemy soldier a lesson [ … ]
Field marshal Svetozar Boroevic
Svetozar Boroević was born in 1856 in Umetic, Croatia. In 1875, he was appointed lieutenant and was assigned to the Croatian home defence (domobran) armed forces. At that time the [ … ]