Austro-Hungarian Empire: WW1 Cap Badge of the
KuK 15th Dragoon Regiment "Archduke Joseph".
Inscribed AEIOU, abbreviation for the Habsburgs'
motto "Austriae Est Imperare Orbi Universo" (It
is Austria's destiny to rule the whole world)
Maker marked by Gurschner in Vienna.
The KuK 15th Dragoon Regiment "Archduke
Joseph" was a Cavalry Unit of the Imperial & Royal
Austro-Hungarian Army, consisted mainly (85%) of
Czechs.
The Regiment'S CO in 1914 was Colonel Otto Aloys
Graf Huyn and the beginning of WWI found the
Regiment within the chain of command of the XI.
Army Corps/4.Cavalry Division/21.Cavalry Brigade.
The cap badge is scarce
WW1 1914 1918
Item 100% original
Condition as on the photos
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