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 [ … ]

The alliance of the Central Powers could be considered an alliance of the two emperors at the beginning of the Great War. Later, with the joining of Turkey and then [ … ]

The war propaganda often likened the warriors of the nation to the king of animals, the invincible lion. The image of the large maned male lion appears on propaganda media, [ … ]

A multitude of propaganda badges were created in the Monarchy to maintain war enthusiasm. Some of these have been issued by official bodies such as the Office of Military Assistance [ … ]