I recently received a very nice Kappenabzeichen with the caption on the title. I definitely wanted to know what kind of institution operated on such a strange street with English [ … ]

The 23rd was a mixed nationality regiment recruited from the central part of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its recruiting area was the north-western part of Bács-Bodrog county. The headquarters of [ … ]

Among the Kappenabzeichen of the Great War, there are several that refer to some kind of cannon with the inscription 42 cm. A small investigation soon reveals that both the [ … ]

He was born 1861 in Laibach (today Ljubljana). He studied in Keszthely and then in Kremsmünster. After graduating from the military school in Vienna, he began his military career in [ … ]

After successfully defending the great Russian attacks, the Central Powers launched a large-scale counterattack on the Russian front in May 1915. At that time, in cooperation with the German ally, [ … ]

As a result of the horrors and physical fatigue seen in the wars, the soldiers ’eyes become expressionless and deconcentrated. The term “thousand-yard stare” describing this was not coined during [ … ]

  The Landwehr regiments recruited in Tyrol and Vorarlberg were named Kk. Landesschützen regiments, and from January 1917 Kaiserschützen regiments. There were three of them. No. III. received its personnel [ … ]

The entry of the Monarchy into the Great War was not in accordance with preconceived notions. The speed of Russian mobilization surprised the military leadership. Most of the troops marching [ … ]

The 32nd Infantry Regiment was the home regiment of Budapest. I have written about the namesake Maria Theresa and the slogan of the regiment before. This will now be about [ … ]

The city is an ancient settlement. Its first written mentioning is from 1111. The castle must have stood by then. It stood up to the invasions of Czech kings and [ … ]

The 18th Infantry Regiment was founded in 1682 to ward off the expected Turkish attack on Vienna. The regiment’s supplementary area was north-eastern Bohemia, with its headquarters in Königgrätz. The [ … ]

In the 6th Battle of Isonzo, the Italian attack pushed the defenses of the Monarchy back 20 kilometers. From the western edge of the Karst Plateau, one had to retreat [ … ]

The 10th Hunting Battalion was founded in 1814. In 1848 it played an important role in the military operations of Marshal Radetzky in northern Italy, with which he overthrew the [ … ]

He was born in the city of Pécs in 1855, where his father, who was a chief military justice officer, was commanded. He inherited from his maternal uncle the title [ … ]

Military life is not easy, separation from loved ones is perhaps the most difficult. In times of war, it is more so as the enemy fires back. The enthusiasm documented [ … ]

Of the many special units, assault troops receive the most attention. Their badges are the most popular among badge collectors. In my previous post, I already described some basic information [ … ]

The 61st Infantry Regiment was a unit of the 17th Infantry Division, which protected the central section of the Karst Plateau. This division and also the regiment were practically deployed [ … ]

From 1382, Triest was part of the Habsburg Empire, the center of the Coastal Province. The city was the Monarchy’s most important seaport for civilian traffic and a competitor to [ … ]

New post written by Gábor Széplaki In order to meet the requirements of modern warfare, first in 1908 pike gray and then camp gray clothing was introduced into the army [ … ]

The Russian steam roller, which started in the autumn of 1914, slowed down at the Carpathian passes, and the struggle swung back and forth during the winter. After the fall [ … ]

I wish nice holidays for every reader! The site has been visited now by more than 1000 readers. I would like to thank all my readers the attention! In the [ … ]

Army general of Croatian descent. He was born in 1856 in the village of Brlog near the once border guard area. According to the custom of the age, he studied [ … ]

The focus of this post is not on a real postcard, but on a stenciled page with a badge on it. In today’s world, the reproduction techniques of the paper-based [ … ]

The statue was ordered in the spring of 1915 by the Augusta Fund and the Military Aid Office to raise donations. The work was entrusted to Ferenc Sidlo, a well-known [ … ]

In 1915-16, the most serious fightings on the Italian front were for the possession of the town of Görz and for the maintenance or liquidation of the Austro-Hungarian bridgehead established [ … ]

The Navy of the Monarchy had the 6th strongest fleet at the outbreak of the Great War. The military command assigned the task of the fleet to supervise the Adriatic [ … ]

He was not a general of the Great War, but he was the owner of the 49th Infantry Regiment. I’ve already written about the regiment in connection with a wear [ … ]

Alexander von Krobatin (1849-1933) was an Austrian artillery officer, and from 1912 to 1917 he was Minister of War of the Monarchy. His father reached the rank of lieutenant colonel [ … ]

In this post we will be talking about cap badges, but not the artistic metal badges first associated by everyone, but a much simpler design, systematized canvas (textile) signs introduced [ … ]

Burg Hochosterwitz has been owned by the Khevenhüller family since 1541. It is located near Launsdorf in Carinthia. It was built on a 175 meter high dolomite rock. On the [ … ]

The crew of the 3rd Hussar Regiment came from the eastern part of the Hungarian Great Plain, from the area of the VII. Corps. The regiment had its headquarters in [ … ]

In the series of mock badges, this current piece again shows the Austrian private teaching the enemy. The subject suffering from the funny scene is an Italian. A Bersaglieri, judged [ … ]

This was the house regiment of the city of Esztergom. Its crew was recruited from the population of Esztergom, Bars and Hont counties. They were mostly Hungarians and to a [ … ]

Böhler-Kapfenberg heavy mortar is a simple, heavy-duty muzzle-loaded gun with a fixed base plate without a recoil system. It was adjustable in the 25-75 ° angle range with the two [ … ]

My great-grandfather served in the 11th insurgent regiment that gave the castle guard of the Przemysl Fortress. His position was the Hurko (XIV.) Fortress. In his recollection, he recounts a [ … ]

The place Doberdó in the Hungarian common language denoted the Karst Plateau on the Italian front. This plateau stretches south from the town of Görz and the river Wippach to [ … ]

He was born in 1854 in Udine, where his father served as a military officer. From 1869 he attended a military school in Sankt Pölten and then the Maria Theresa [ … ]

Franz Joseph’s motto: “Through United Strength!” in the Great War, this was, above all, a force united with the Germans. German-Austro-Hungarian friendship appeared on many propaganda badges. One of the [ … ]

The 21st Infantry Regiment was founded in 1733. It was a Czech regiment, and the crew was taken out of areas east of Prague. The headquarters in Kutna Hora (Kuttenberg) [ … ]

Another high-quality entry by Gábor Széplaki. In the Monarchy machine guns were introduced as direct shooting support of the infantry units after the millennium. Initially in 1908, one machine gun [ … ]