At the outbreak of the war in August 1914 the establishment of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Infantry stood at four regiments each of four battalions and one battalion of Jäger. During the course of the war four more regiments (5 - 8) and seven independent Jäger battalions were raised numbered 2 - 8 although by June 1918 battalions 5 - 8 had been incorporated into the new regiments and all the regiments were now three battalions strong. The Bosniaken earned a formidable reputation on the southwestern front during the Isonzo fighting and the following photographs show members of this elite band during the war. We are particularly grateful to Mladen Lukic for providing the images of Oberleutnant Mijo Lukic and Leutnant Mihovil Vujicic seen in the following photographs.
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Fähnrich in der Reserve Mijo Lukic 1914 |
Kadett Mihovil Vujicic, Györ 12 July 1915 |
Leutnant in der Reserve Mihovil Vujicic 22nd Aug 1916 |
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May 1918. Left to Right: Oberleutnant Gozbosev?, Feldkurat Jovandic, Leutnant i.d.R. Vujicic and Leutnant i.d.R. Milan Protic |
Leutnant in der Reserve Mihovil Vujicic |
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Leutnant in der Reserve Mihovil Vujicic 1918 |
Hauptmann Hermann Rilke at the bridgehead of St. Lucia - Tolmein | ||
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| Hauptmann Hermann Rilke at the bridgehead of St. Lucia - Tolmein | Hauptmann Rilke with his men in the trenches at Tolmein | ||
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| Leutnant in der Reserve Mihovil Vujicic and Leutnant in der Reserve Zdenek Kolársky | |||
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| Leutnant in der Reserve Mihovil Vujicic and Leutnant in der Reserve Zdenek Kolársky, Siefsattel in October 1916 | |||
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| Leutnant in der Reserve Zdenek Kolársky, unidentified and Leutnant in der Reserve Mihovil Vujicic | |||
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Two views of the Siefsattel just to the North East of the Col di Lana in October 1916 |
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| A civilian official performing his reserve duty at the "Brucker Lager" | A boy from the Militär-Knaben-Pensionat at Sarajevo | Jakob Blazetic of this institute in the year 1892 |
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Convalescing officers of the b-h infantry. The Leutnant standing on the far right is Leo Wittmann |
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Pictures 1 - 6, 10 - 14 copyright Mladen Lukic and 7 - 9, 15 - 18 (Rilke) Jörg C. Steiner.
