The commando of the VII. corps stationed in Temesvár (today Timișoara). The recruitment area of the corps covered the region of the Hungarian Plain east of the Tisza and south [ … ]
Category: Roundtrip in Austria-Hungary
Venice
I am cheating a little in this post, since Venice did not come under the possession of the Monarchy during the Great War. Venice lost its independence during the Napoleonic [ … ]
Kassa, VI. Corps headquarters
Kassa was the most important city in the eastern half of Upper Hungary already in the 16th century. Its military importance was also outstanding, which it preserved until the late [ … ]
Szeged’s Honvéd mounted artillery divisions
I know the badges of two Honvéd mounted artillery units. For a long time, I couldn’t get much information about the badges, or the units themselves. Then an acquaintance of [ … ]
Nagyszeben – Hermannstadt
The XII. corps headquarters was placed in a neo-baroque palace on Schewisgasse (today Bulevardul Victoriei). Nagyszeben was the largest fortified city in Transylvania, so it was not by chance that [ … ]
Pussterthal – Bruneck
A beautiful, shield-shaped badge shows a portrait of Archduke Eugen, with the inscription Pussterthal below. It took a little research to find the place and also how the badge can [ … ]
Pappfalva 2
This small village on the border of Bukovina and Hungary, which may have been named after Colonel Dániel Papp, was mentioned in a previous post. I recently noticed a sketch [ … ]
Galata bridge
In the series presenting the cities and landscapes of the Monarchy, I can now only show badges on which we see landmarks of other countries. The current badge and the [ … ]
Sarajevo
The name of Sarajevo is most famous for the assassination that started the Great War. But Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the throne, was not brought to this city by [ … ]
15. Corps at Isonzo
Both the badge and the photo are my favorite. I already wrote about the destroyed Salcano valley bridge here. For me, this panorama is the symbol and emblem of the [ … ]