Tyrol’s status changed several times in the Austrian Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries. Bonaparte Napoleon separated away the province from Austria for a while and annexed him to [ … ]
Category: Men at arms
IR 82
One of the most beautiful badges, at least in my opinion. It’s no coincidence that I chose this as the header on the home page of the site. The 82nd [ … ]
“Medic servant”
Red cross badges were often worn by sanitary soldiers and civilian personnel during the Great War. The badges were usually enameled and had no special inscription. However, they were produced [ … ]
Karpathenkorps
The mixed deployment of the Austro-Hungarian and German troops took place in several places as early as the end of 1914. A more typical solution was the use of Austro-Hungarian [ … ]
Pilot badge
When selecting the photo and badge used for this post, I was struck by the similarity of the portrait of the man depicted on them. It’s like the badge was [ … ]
5th Honvéd Hussars
The badges of the cavalry regiments were generally more expensive, often enameled pieces. In many cases, there was no cheaper badge, only the enamel, which collectors today generally consider to [ … ]
IR 23
Several badges, many different postcards and letter seals were made for the 23rd Infantry Regiment. The fund for disabled of the regiment did a very diligent job. I have already [ … ]
SMS Novara
Among the cap badges, the hand painted enamel badges are the most appealing. Several units of the Navy of the Monarchy received such beautiful, so to speak, exclusive badge. Even [ … ]
37th Honvéd Howitzer Regiment
For some reason, the artillery units of the Monarchy had relatively fewer insignia than infantry or cavalry. In addition, very few wearing photos were taken of them. The photo that [ … ]
“Skywalker” soldiers
The Air Force as a weapon was formed in the Monarchy like in other countries just before the Great War. At first, the planes sent to the air were mainly [ … ]