A series of badges from the Arkansas company included humorous badges. On these badges the Austro-Hungarian bucks used to teach the enemy’s soldiers a lesson. Besides the Serbian, Russian and [ … ]

“Slap the transgressor!” said the inscription on the puppet shown in the picture, which was erected on Margaret Island of Budapest in 1915. The inscription on the badge that is [ … ]

Portraits of rulers were often used for wartime propaganda. Among the pictures of Emperor Franz Joseph, his picture of praying remained the best in the memory. Posterity saw this image [ … ]

From the inexhaustible propaganda material of the Great War, I have now again selected a badge that shows the national colors of the countries of the Central Powers. The colors [ … ]

The war effort required a huge financial effort from the states. We often tend to forget this, as the human sacrifice or the destruction of war, is much more spectacular [ … ]

Anti-Italian propaganda was particularly strong in the Monarchy. Perhaps one reason for this may have been that Italy was still an ally a few decades earlier. He withdrew from the [ … ]

The propaganda badges of the Austrian Navy Association show the flag of the Navy of the Monarchy above the letter U denoting submarines. The badge is made of several designs, [ … ]

With united forces! This was one of the slogans of Franz Joseph, which often appears in war propaganda materials. The catchword itself is much earlier, as the first member of [ … ]

I wish all readers jolly holidays with this nice Kutzer card and the badge “Ostern am Isonzo”. To my knowledge this is the only Easter holiday Kappenabzeichen. There are numerous [ … ]

Hungary had election day yesterday. So I decided to pick a matching Kappenabzeichen. Since I did not want to make any propaganda for the participating parties, The badge titled „We [ … ]