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 [ … ]

It is not necessary to explain at length that the movement of armies of many hundreds of thousands is a huge logistical task. During the Great War, troops were able [ … ]

Dragoons can be included among special units through their historical traditions. In the past, there were several types of cavalry troops in the Monarchy. They had different armaments and were [ … ]

Giving the ultimate last honor to those who fell in battles was often very difficult or impossible during the Great War. Nevertheless, the Austro-Hungarian troops also tried to accomplish this [ … ]

In the excellent post of Miklós Szanyi (here) we could read about the formation of the spotlight branch, and here we are talking about the branch craft badge of the [ … ]

The Great War brought the development of many kinds of technical innovations. The best known were obviously the largest and most spectacular devices, airplanes and tanks. But such a novelty [ … ]