IrishGunner

Trooper, I don't know if the carbine was with every KuK artillery unit, but I have seen photos of the carbine with KuK Gebirgsartillerie. I don't think the uniform collar of the fellow in Post #3 however is artillery. I think the artillery uniform collar was like the one in Post #1 and Post #2. Hopefully, some of our Austrian experts will check in and offer their opinions.

Klagenfurter Kanonenregiment battling the Russians. Artist image of the Skoda Feldkanone 76,5mm M05/08, the main weapon of the Feldkanonenregiment at the beginning of WWI.

Landwehr Feldhaubitz-Division Nr. 13

Clearly, those are more elegant than the infantry cards.

True, those simple paper cards are a little pedestrian for Saxon artillery regiments to bother with...

Nice. Are you going to frame/hang this set? I wonder if those series of Saxon regimental cards include artillery regiments; haven't seen those before.

Feldpostkarte with stempel...no photos KuK Artilleriebesatzungskommando KuK Festungsartillerie Rgt. Nr. 5 (writing in Hungarian; sent to Budapest) KuK Gebirgs Kanonen Bat. 6/2 (another one in Hungarian) KuK Landsturm Art. Abteilung 7/1

#2 guy from KuK GebirgsArtillerie Regt. No. 3; Haubitzbattr.Nr. 1 Different uniform

These next two cards were sent by the same guy to the same address in Wien; stempel is KuK GebirgsArtillerie Regt. No. 3; Haubitzbattr.Nr. 1 Writing is I believe Croatian. However, the photos are not the same guy. I believe #1 guy is an artilleryman with a Tapferkeitsmedaille

As the inimitable Chris B. wrote in another thread, "Them Austrians are confusing..." I'm not familiar enough with KuK uniforms to be certain these are all artillerymen; however, the cards have artillery unit stempel on the reverse and that's good enough for my purposes. If anyone can confirm/identify the uniforms, it would be greatly appreciated. This fellow I'm fairly certain is artillery. He's also wearing a medal that I believe is the Militär-Jubiläumskreuz 1908 (simply by it's shape, since all that can be seen is a side view). The reverse stempel is KuK Festungsartillerie Rgt. Nr. 1 The writing on the reverse appears to be Czech.

Long Thrust, did you serve in Berlin? I was there '83 - '86 in C Btry, 94th FA. We didn't get a great certificate like speagle's Dad! Although, I did get a nice 75mm pack howitzer canister brasso'ed and engraved.

This is my only photo of Serbian artillery in WWI. Captured by the Austrians. These are French Schneider 75mm M1907 field guns; the standard Serbian field piece. It would be great to see any photos others might have ...

Unfortunately, thin on German artillerie; mostly French, which I don't speak/read.

Bulgarian artillerymen with their German-made Krupp150mm M1892 cannon.

A couple of Bulgarian artillerymen from World War I; an image of the back of the card with the stamp of the 1st Artillery Regiment

Probably the only way I'll ever own a Pour le Merite or an EK2 1870

These are a British invention I think... A Cigarette Silk is a small piece of printed (or woven) satin (almost never silk) given away free inside cigarette packets around the turn of the century as a marketing scheme. There was an assortment of subjects; animals, flowers, cars, and trains. With World War I; Military Badges, Regimental Colours, Uniforms, Medals, Flags, and War Heroes were added to the mix. These silks lasted only until the 1930s. Small cigarette cards were another example. I'm not an expert on determining which cigarette company produced which series... I think these German State and military flags are from the same series though.

I'll revive this thread with a group shot of the Challenge Coins I accumulated over 30 years in the Army. My unit coins from the 3rd ACR and 10th Mountain Div are in the circular spots in the front. The rest were given to me by various US senior officers, officials, commanders etc. It also includes foreign coins from South Korea, Australia, Poland, Slovenia, Croatia, as well as NATO, and probably a couple I forgot. A bunch more in a forgotten box. These are only the "good" ones.

Post office is a good thought Paul. I have a badge for Irish lighthouse keepers from WWI time period that confused me for a long time looking for something military.

Kind of reminds me of Austrian KuK kappenabzeichen. Maybe a German unit serving on Eastern Front or Italy with Austrians adopted the idea.

Very interesting...not just for the trains, but for the landscapes

I wonder how common this entitlement was in the immediate post-war period.

So, the competition then... I bet he could make some money on a few of those.

The 1st Division's 28th Infantry Regiment (along with my regiment the 6th Field Artillery in direct support as part of the Division at the time) attacked Cantigny early in the morning on 28 May and reportedly captured their objectives within two hours. But for the next two days the 28th Infantry held off brutal counter-attacks and artillery fire from the Germans. The First Division responded with its own brutal fire, repelling the attacks. Reserves were committed and the line secure by 30 May when the 16th Infantry relieved the 28th in the line. It is counted as the first purely American victory in the war. Interesting that your sterbebild does not list a unit. I'm not even sure what German units faced the First Division at Cantigny. Do you know?

Some great photos in there. I wonder what their source is... Personal collections? Or are they culling from the internet? I couldn't tell...