Szanyi Miklós, Author at Sapkajelvény történetek

National colors on the badges

A multitude of propaganda badges were created in the Monarchy to maintain war enthusiasm. Some of these have been issued

In the Isonzo Valley, an important north-south railway line connecting the coast with Styria and the Laibach Basin was built

The second part of Gábor Széplaki’s post series on the A-H field pilot badges: On November 21, 1916, after nearly

Already the November war diary mentioned, that the Russian army, defeated in May-June 1915, was able to rearrange its ranks

I don’t know why, but photos of artillery badges are extremely rare. Yet there were quite a few artillery cap

In the Austrian provinces of the Monarchy regiments of territorial forces were called Landwehr regiments. During the Great War, they

Habsburg, Hohenzollern, Hötzendorf, Hindenburg. Full letter H, what an alliteration! In addition, the German “Long live!” exclamation also shows H:

In military aviation, the most successful fighter pilots since the Great War have been called “aces”. It is customary to

Stary Dvor, the “Old Palace” was the residence of the Obranovich dynasty in Belgrade. Today it is the seat of

After the occupation of Bosnia in 1878, the Monarchy stationed a significant occupying army of 40,000 in the country. This