Szanyi Miklós, Author at Sapkajelvény történetek

Hussar regiment No 9 “Nádasdy”

The regiment was founded in 1688 by Count Ádám Czobor with the permission of Emperor Leopold I. The crew was

Gábor Csiszér’s extremely interesting postcard is the main topic of the post. The card is not a unique piece, it

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