Kappenabzeichen on postcards

Peter Hofmann was born in Vienna in 1865. He graduated from the Theresianum military school in Wiener Neustadt in 1884 ...

The 32nd Jäger Battalion’s recruitment area was the territory of the VI. Corps in North-East Hungary. The command of the ...

The recruitment area of the 9th Infantry Regiment lay in Galicia, south of Lemberg. Stryj was the center where the ...

The main motif of the badge is the fortress built at the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers. This ...

The cadre of the K.u.K 6. Infantry Regiment was located in Újvidék (today Novi Sad in Serbia). Its recruiting area ...

As a greenhorn badge collector, I was embarrassed for a while as to why the 11th Army had two very ...

The name “Red Devil” remained as the common name of the Hussar regiments throughout the Great War. It was so ...

The Kappeabzeichen shown in this section so far have been more about pieces mocking the enemy. This post is featuring ...

Founded in 1696, the 4th Deutschmeister Infantry Regiment had perhaps the longest tradition in the Monarchy. It was named after ...

The Feldjäger battalions were bigger in personnel than the usual infantry battalions and had an independent command. They were used ...