Szanyi Miklós, Author at Sapkajelvény történetek

IR 101

I chose the beautiful flag insignia of the 101st Békéscsaba infantry regiment again to show the significance of the lapel

Encouraged by the partial success of the 6th Battle of the Isonzo, the Italian command initiated another offensive operation in

Among the various insignia of the stormtroopers, copies numbered according to separate units are the rarest. The standard assault badge

Károly Tersztyánszky was born in 1854 in the village of Szakolca, in an old Hungarian noble family. He attended military

This post is formally about the insignia of the 131st Infantry Brigade. But before I get to that, I want

Another puzzling picture. Better to say, it is more of an enigmatic badge. The captions and the date on the

The word chapka means cap in both Polish and Russian. During the Great War, and even earlier, Polish cavalry headgear

The great Russian offensive of June 1916 crushed the Austro-Hungarian 4th and 7th armies. In many places, even the strongest

From the inexhaustible propaganda material of the Great War, I have now again selected a badge that shows the national

The Monarchy had to fight against Italy on high mountain terrain. This was a serious challenge for the soldiers in