Tűzkereszt means “Fire Cross”, a Hungarian military decoration awarded for front-line combat service between 1941 and 1943.

Hungarian Military History Archive

An online archive preserving Hungarian and Austro-Hungarian military history through original photographs, awards, documents, and research material.

ESTABLISHED 2010

2014-07-11

Today's photograph is photographed somewhere during WW1 in the north part of Carpathian mountains. This were the eastern border of the Austro-Hungarian empire and neighbouring the Russian Empire, this time the enemy of the Austro-Hungarian empire. 

The photograph pictures an observations post platform on top of a mountain rage were officers sits in peace and quiet studying a mad and having a cigarette. A soldier is wearing headphones witch indicates that the observations-post is having wire communications attached. 

A detailed close-up of the photograph above.

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