Szanyi Miklós, Author at Sapkajelvény történetek

Frontline fashion

Perhaps I am not saying anything new to anyone by stating that men can be very vain. They like to

This site is now entering its fourth year, just as in July 1917 the war had already lasted three full

Among the honvéd infantry regiments, the 1st of Budapest received a lot of attention during the Great War. One manifestation

The regimental owner of the 16th hussars was Field Marshal Alexander Üxküll Gyllenband until 1916. After the accession of Emperor

Among the army Kappenabzeichen, there are those that belonged to a smaller functional section of armies or army corps. Thus,

Italian badges and rank insignia are not the subject of this site. The “Italian officers’ star” is included here because

In quieter periods, the troops erected monuments near the front line, tried to make their surroundings livable. The camps and

The majority of its staff, recruited from the counties of Vas, Sopron and Moson of Western Hungary, were native speakers

Erich von Ludendorff was one of the most successful and recognized military leaders of the German Empire during the Great

The commemoration of military actions and fallen heroes already began during the Great War. Monuments were ceremonially inaugurated on the