#austrohungarian

Makeshift grave of Austro-Hungarian soldier - Otto Klein - somewhere in the mountains on the Italian front. His trumpet, helmet, rifle, and grenades are all placed on the grave.

Austro-Hungarian officer showing his basic equipment, Galicia-Eastern front, 1915.

"We found his body there, there, and 100 meters away over there. Anyway, here's the bucket."

*I think the partial colorization of this image threw me off. It looks like someone cut out Neil Patrick Harris's head and slapped it on an Austro-Hungarian officer's body. Doogie Howser, Unterleutnant.

Definitely a photo you send to the gal back home you want to play hide ze schnitzel mit.

Elmetti Austro-Ungarici

Stahlhelm Östereichischer M16

Stahlhelm M17 Berndorfer

Stahlhelm M18 Berndorfer

I prototipi dell'elmetto, realizzati artigianalmente in quaranta esemplari da Franz Marx, vennero testati nel novembre del 1915 presso il poligono di Kummersdorf, mentre la prova del fuoco in battaglia ebbe luogo poco tempo dopo.

I buoni risultati sperimentati sul fronte di Verdun indussero anche l'Austria-Ungheria a dotarsi dello Stahlhelm, iniziando una produzione propria.

Il modello austriaco ha la medesima forma dell'elmo mod.1916 tedesco

Austro-Hungarian Helmets

Austrian Steel Helmet M16

Stahlhelm M17 Berndorfer

Stahlhelm M18 Berndorfer

The prototypes of the helmet, handcrafted in forty copies by Franz Marx, were tested in November 1915 at the Kummersdorf polygon, while the battle test of fire took place shortly after.

The good results experienced on the Verdun front also led Austria-Hungary to equip itself with the Stahlhelm, starting its own production.

An Austrian soldier walks into a ruined church on the Isonzo Front, 1916.

My grand grand mother Marta Petrović with her brother Gavrilo , the begining of XX century.