Collection items

Captured Italians in Resiutta

Photograph

These are captured Italian soldiers in Resiutta, east of Tolmezzo in the Veneto region of Italy. The picture was probabl...

Emperor Karl I visits the front: Levico in South T...

Photograph

This picture shows an Austro-Hungarian unit of troops parading for Emperor Karl I to the front in January 1917. Emperor...

Flood-light in a trench near Chatki, Galicia

Photograph

Taken in Galicia near the Strypa river, this photograph shows soldiers in and near a trench, staring into the distance....

Paper balloon with proclamations is launched from...

Photograph

During World War One, Monte Piana was the site of warfare between Austria-Hungary and Italy, from 1915 to 1918. The 2,23...

Photograph 'Unloading of a horse in Tschanak Kale...

Photograph

Supplying the army with goods required logistical effort, support from the private sector and a lot of staff. It was und...

Poster and bag for the collection of women's hair

Poster

Raw materials became scarce during World War One, which forced industries to find substitutes. For this reason oil was e...

Sorting station for invalids in Pradl

Photograph

The railway network was used to transport not just goods, weapons and ammunition, but also sick and wounded soldiers. Ho...

The sinking of an enemy ship by a zeppelin airship...

Drawing

In his pencil drawing ‘The sinking of an enemy ship by a Zeppelin-airship’, F Sorto, who was probably 12 years old, show...

To my faithful Austrian people! Proclamation by Em...

Proclamation

Despite Austria-Hungary’s military successes in 1917, the dissolution of the monarchy in 1918 was unavoidable. Not only ...

To my people! Emperor Franz Joseph's proclamation...

Proclamation

In this key document relating to World War One, Emperor Franz Joseph I seeks for understanding among ‘His’ population fo...

To my people! Emperor Karl I’s Proclamation of 21...

Proclamation

On 21 November 1916, Emperor Franz Joseph I died. Karl Franz Joseph, the grandson of his brother Ludwig, became his succ...

Viennese! Get to know the Italians! – Leaflet drop...

Leaflet

Numerous propaganda leaflets such as this one were dropped out of planes or balloons over enemy lines. On 9 August 1918,...