Qualification badges

Areal observer badge
The use of aerial vehicles in the first two years of the Great War was mostly for reconnaissance and target ...

Assault troop qualification badge
I have dealt with the topic of assault troops repeatedly. This new post is about the general assault troop badge ...

Rock drilling unit insignia
We have today Gábor Széplaki’s latest post on special troops’ insignia. In 1915, with Italy’s entry into the war on ...

Troop collar insignia for the railway and telegraph regiment
A new post by Gábor Széplaki: After the Russo-Turkish war, the question of the affiliation of the Balkan territories was ...

Badge of the pioneers’ explosives curse in Krems
Post by Gábor Széplaki. For a long time, I have had pieces in my collection that are clearly related to ...

Construction worker troop badge
This is a new post from Gábor Széplaki. During the First World War, not much limelight was given to those ...

Trench mortar troop insigna
I have already written twice on the site (here and here) about the construction, operation and battlefield application of trench ...

Cyclists’ badge
The second part of the Gábor Széplaki’s post on cyclist insignia. In my previous post I was writing about the ...

Volunteer cyclist insignia
In connection with Miklós Szanyi’s post about cycling units, I would like to share a few thoughts on their distinctive ...

Field pilot badge 1917
The second part of Gábor Széplaki’s post series on the A-H field pilot badges: On November 21, 1916, after nearly ...