Szanyi Miklós, Author at Sapkajelvény történetek

Tersztyánszky, colonel general

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

Both the badge and the photo are my favorite. I already wrote about the destroyed Salcano valley bridge here. For

In the Sudetenland, the city of Eger and its surroundings were the home of the 6th Landwehr (later rifle) regiment.

Post by Gábor Széplaki. For a long time, I have had pieces in my collection that are clearly related to