Men at arms
“Medic servant”
Red cross badges were often worn by sanitary soldiers and civilian personnel during the Great War. The badges were usually ...
Karpathenkorps
The mixed deployment of the Austro-Hungarian and German troops took place in several places as early as the end of ...
Pilot badge
When selecting the photo and badge used for this post, I was struck by the similarity of the portrait of ...
5th Honvéd Hussars
The badges of the cavalry regiments were generally more expensive, often enameled pieces. In many cases, there was no cheaper ...
SMS Novara
Among the cap badges, the hand painted enamel badges are the most appealing. Several units of the Navy of the ...
37th Honvéd Howitzer Regiment
For some reason, the artillery units of the Monarchy had relatively fewer insignia than infantry or cavalry. In addition, very ...
“Skywalker” soldiers
The Air Force as a weapon was formed in the Monarchy like in other countries just before the Great War ...
HIR 6 and the “fokos” battle axe
The 6th “Szabadka” honvéd regiment was one of the regiments of the 40th “Fokos” (Battle Axe) Infantry Division. The reader ...