The reader may rightly ask, “What is special about a cavalry squadron belonging to a cavalry division? Riders among riders! ” There were few things as sad that happened during [ … ]

Extra classic photo, extra classic badge! The photo depicts one of the planes of the 26th flight company, with its crew. This unit was put up in Straßhof in Austria [ … ]

At the beginning of the Great War, independent Poland did not exist. The territories inhabited by Poles were owned by the Russian, German and Austro-Hungarian states following the earlier partition [ … ]

Warfare requires very much a solution of technical problems. This applies to all areas of the use of military force. The maintenance of armaments and equipment affects combat units most [ … ]

This was a truly special troop, as among the innovations of the age, in addition to motorization, the muscle driven vehicle, the bicycle, was also there. It’s a little weird [ … ]

The Austro-Hungarian Navy was the sixth strongest in the world on the eve of the Great War. The development of the fleet gained momentum from the late 1860s. The Monarchy [ … ]

The sapper troop of the Monarchy was created by the reorganization of the technical troops in 1912. Previously, pioneer battalions performed all technical tasks for the ground forces. The task [ … ]

Eduard Fischer was a descendant of a landowner family in Bukovina, born in 1862. After military training, from 1891 he continued his career in the gendarmerie. He became the gendarmerie [ … ]

This badge was placed in the special units category due to several oddities. The 29th Infantry Regiment was organized in Torontal County and had its headquarters in Nagybecskerek. One third [ … ]