Szanyi Miklós, Author at Sapkajelvény történetek

Sancta Barbara

St. Barbara is the patron saint of gunners. It seems that this cult was strong during the Great War, as

He was born on December 31, 1871, graduated from the Military Academy in Vienna in 1893 and from the Kriegsschule

Identifying and tracking artillery batteries in the tumult of the Great War is quite a difficult task. On the one

For some of the badges on the website, I also referred to the name of the manufacturing company. Most often,

The Monarchy annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878. The occupation was not without conflict. The local population organized themselves into

The fourth year of the war welcomed troops who had already suffered a lot, and hinterlands that had reached the

One of the most common and best badges. This post is about exactly that diversity. The Isonzoarmee (former 5th Army)

In 1918, the troops of the Monarchy had already defeated most of their opponents. Only on the Italian front did

The 50th infantry regiment was at home in Gyulafehérvár, an important city in Southern Transylvania, the center of the Romanians

The 18th Honvéd Infantry Regiment was based in Sopron and was assigned to the 37th Division of Western Hungary. They