Kappenabzeichen on postcards

The badge of the Austro-Hungarian 7th Army is again a common badge, it is included in every collection. On the

The “sponge cake” shaped general assault badge is a sought after but not unattainably rare badge. It is included in

The 14th Landwehr was headquartered in Brünn. Brünn was and still is the capital of Moravia, home to many military

My friend Gábor Vásárhelyi sent me some of his great-grandfather’s memorabilia to help me find out where he was in

One of the best known badges is the subject of the current post. Its inscription ‘Tirol – Landesverteidigung’ recalls mainly

Not only regiment badges and army badges appeared on postcards printed during the Great War. The Office of Military Aid

The 28th Infantry Regiment gained a dubious reputation during the Great War. Subsequent analyzes refuted the accusation that this regiment,

Postcards often depict the regiment number in ornate form. Often, this depiction is like a plan for a cap badge.

This is now again a classic cap badge card: a silver-embossed image of the original badge adorns the field postcard.

Quite a variety of cap badges were made for some regiments. There may have been many reasons for this, but