IR 47

It was a Styrian regiment, its crew came from the mixed Austrian-Slovenian part of the province. Its headquarters was in Görz, its battalions in Marburg (Maribor). The regiment was deployed as part of the 28th Division first in Galicia at Zloczów, Grodek and in the winter in the defense of the Beskids, then in 1915 at the Dniester. In 1916 they fought on the Italian front in the Austro-Hungarian offensive in Tyrol, then in August 1916 in the southern part of the Karst, at Hudi Log and on Mount Hermada. After the breakthrough at the end of 1917 they were deployed in the area of ​​Monte Asolone, where they were stationed until the end of the war.

The regiment’s cap badge shows a mountain fortress in the background of a warrior with the helmet. This fort may even be the Fort Costesin  on the Siebengemeinde Plateau, which was captured by the regiment during the 1916 offensive.