The second part of the Gábor Széplaki’s post on cyclist insignia. In my previous post I was writing about the distinctive insignia of volunteer cycling units, in this post I [ … ]
Category: Qualification badges
Volunteer cyclist insignia
In connection with Miklós Szanyi’s post about cycling units, I would like to share a few thoughts on their distinctive insignia. As a result of technical advances at the millennium [ … ]
Field pilot badge 1917
The second part of Gábor Széplaki’s post series on the A-H field pilot badges: On November 21, 1916, after nearly 68 years of reign, Emperor Franz Joseph I passed away [ … ]
Air force collar badge
There has already been talk in previous posts about the air force troops of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, this post is about the distinctive badge organized for them. On September 18, [ … ]
Pilots’ qualification badge mark 1913
A post written by Gábor Széplaki Rapid and comprehensive technical advances in the late 1800s also accelerated efforts to conquer the air. Although balloons were already of great importance in [ … ]
Car driver collar badge
A brand new post from Gábor Széplaki: The first copies of the crafts insignia used in the army of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy were made long before the Great War. In [ … ]
Badge for skilful drivers
A new post about an excellent badge by Gábor Széplaki: Already in an earlier post (here) brief mention was made about the formation of the car driver units of the [ … ]
Machine gunners’ collar and cap badge
New post written by Gábor Széplaki In order to meet the requirements of modern warfare, first in 1908 pike gray and then camp gray clothing was introduced into the army [ … ]
MG gunners’ badge
Another high-quality entry by Gábor Széplaki. In the Monarchy machine guns were introduced as direct shooting support of the infantry units after the millennium. Initially in 1908, one machine gun [ … ]
Buglers’ badge
Another excellent post by Gábor Széplaki: The rapid, accurate, and secure transmission of information has been an important task to be solved both in the past and in the present [ … ]