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 [ … ]

The name Manilowa has become a concept. The 85th Infantry Regiment was called the Manilowa Regiment, and it is mentioned in many recollections, and the regiment’s newspaper had the same [ … ]

During the roundtrip, I occasionally show natural beauties on the badges. That’s because we’re running out of city badges. Drei Zinnen is a triple peak in the Sexten-Dolomites, on the [ … ]

Italy, a former ally of the Monarchy, entered the Great War in 1915 alongside the entente. The Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria, Italy) had been abandoned several years earlier. The Italians [ … ]

The 42nd Croatian Honvéd (Domobran) division and its cap badge were discussed in connection with a wearing photo. The opening image shows the badge on a post card with a [ … ]

He came from the Hungarian branch of the Habsburgs. His grandfather was Archduke Joseph, whose name was included in the April 1848 laws for his efforts enhancing prosperity in Hungary. [ … ]

There’s absolutely no need to write a lengthy review here. The badge of the 3rd Army Assault Unit is one of the most beautiful assault badges. Very plastic, detailed. It’s [ … ]

The units of the Danube monitor flotilla were low-build river vessels equipped with cannons in rotating turrets. The first one built was SMS Lajta (1871). The sample was provided by [ … ]

The names of the Tyrolean units have always been a problem for me. They were all called different from ordinary military units in the rest of the Monarchy. It starts [ … ]

St. Michael’s Church with its triple dome is the defining building of the city’s panorama. The church was built in the mid-1200s and rebuilt between 1673 and 1686 into the [ … ]

German Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg was born in Posen (now Poznan) in 1847. His father was a Prussian army officer. From 1858 he studied at the Military School in [ … ]

The Monarchy used some of the Jäger battalions concentrated in higher units. For example, the 16th Jäger Battalion, formed in Silesia in 1849, was assigned to the 16th Infantry Brigade, [ … ]

The way of the Austro-Hungarian forces seeking to liberate the fortress of Przemysl, was hampered by natural obstacles in the mountainous terrain and by inclement weather, in addition to the [ … ]

Another excellent post by Gábor Széplaki: The rapid, accurate, and secure transmission of information has been an important task to be solved both in the past and in the present [ … ]

This badge is extremely brutal. Similar badges showing the buck teaching Russian and Italian soldiers are different. There’s no such physical brutality in those. Those are more humorous scenes. This [ … ]

Books on the subject have been published, so it is difficult to write briefly about this topic. The Russians started it. They used the experience of the 1905 war to [ … ]

Doctor among the family members. Military health is an important and special area of the respective armed forces. Military doctors in peacetime played a major role in the assessment of [ … ]

When the word Austro-Hungarian Artillery is mentioned, most people think first on the huge 30,5 cm Skoda mortar, a feared weapon, and tend to forget about the standard pieces that [ … ]

Born in Temesvár in 1854, his family was of Transylvanian Saxon descent. He was trained as a military engineer at the Military Technical Academy in Vienna. From 1872 he was [ … ]

The 63rd Infantry Regiment had its recruiting area in north-eastern Transylvania, primarily in the county of Beszterce-Naszód. The crew reflected the population distribution of the area and consisted up to [ … ]

Among the various relics of the regiments, objects that are sometimes difficult to interpret appear. For example, field post cards for the regiments sometimes have decorations that we find difficult [ … ]

By the end of 1914, the Austro-Hungarian empire’s troops were in a critical situation on the northeastern front. Attacks and counter-attacks in the course of the winter caused huge losses, [ … ]

The technical corps receive very little attention in the literature of the Great War. Most of the attention is paid to the trenches, which often show the horrors of war, [ … ]

The 84th Infantry Regiment was founded in 1882 as part of the armed force development program. It was formed from the battalions of the 4, 14, 49 and 59 infantry [ … ]

Detecting the background of hospital badges is always very difficult. I haven’t found a regular record of military hospitals similar to military units yet. There are secondary sources, especially about [ … ]

Field Marshal, Chief of Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Empire during most of the Great War (1912-1917). He was born in Vienna in 1852. His father was a hussar colonel, and [ … ]

Another exciting and in-detail post by Gábor Széplaki: The efficiency and impact of an army is inconceivable without a well-organized, established and professionally functioning supply. The well-fed, well-equipped, effectively trained [ … ]

Theresienstadt was a military town. It was founded in 1780 by Joseph II. The construction of his fortress served the protection of the German-Prussian border region. The city was named [ … ]

I wish all my visitors good health, joy and fun for the coming 2021!

Cooperation between the armies of the Central Powers began early in the war. Negotiations between the chiefs of staff were much needed to increase the success of the war effort. [ … ]

The new post of Gábor Széplaki is about another horse-related skill. The entire army of the Monarchy, taking into account joint army, Honvéd and Landwher troops, included 54 cavalry regiments. [ … ]

Merry Christmas to all my visitors! Have nice holidays, peace and joy and most of all good health at the end of the year! The Kappenabzeichen Stories website has been [ … ]

Peter Hofmann was born in Vienna in 1865. He graduated from the Theresianum military school in Wiener Neustadt in 1884. He was appointed staff officer in 1889 and sent to [ … ]

A special triangular badge with fine engraved script. You can tell immediately that it was prepared for some important event. Spelling out the caption isn’t difficult: “Ferencz Rácz warrior of [ … ]

There’s relatively little knowledge about the China batteries. At least, I barely found out anything. By browsing through the volume “The Hungarian Gunner”, the following were revealed. In 1914, the [ … ]

After Turkey’s entry into the war, military cooperation intensified between the new ally and the Central Powers. After Bulgaria’s entry into force and the capture of Serbia, the Central Powers [ … ]

The memories of the XXV Corps, named after General Peter Hofmann, often appear on websites and in the militaria shops. There were many Kappenabzeichen for the Corps, as well as [ … ]

The Czech capital city does not require a lengthy description. It has been a popular destination today and a long time ago. Lots of foreigners made pilgrimages to see the [ … ]

Since the beginning of time, humans have been trying to put the power, skill and other useful abilities of animals into their own service. Warfare was no exception. In various [ … ]