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“Medic servant”

Red cross badges were often worn by sanitary soldiers and civilian personnel during the Great War. The badges were usually ...
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Karpathenkorps

The mixed deployment of the Austro-Hungarian and German troops took place in several places as early as the end of ...
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Pilot badge

When selecting the photo and badge used for this post, I was struck by the similarity of the portrait of ...
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5th Honvéd Hussars

The badges of the cavalry regiments were generally more expensive, often enameled pieces. In many cases, there was no cheaper ...
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IR 23

Several badges, many different postcards and letter seals were made for the 23rd Infantry Regiment. The fund for disabled of ...
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SMS Novara

Among the cap badges, the hand painted enamel badges are the most appealing. Several units of the Navy of the ...
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37th Honvéd Howitzer Regiment

For some reason, the artillery units of the Monarchy had relatively fewer insignia than infantry or cavalry. In addition, very ...
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“Skywalker” soldiers

The Air Force as a weapon was formed in the Monarchy like in other countries just before the Great War ...
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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 ...
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IR 44

This is a photo of wearing the cap badge of the “Damned Regiment”. The badge is visible between the two ...
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