Austria-Hungary's Vistula River Flotilla in World War I (Exhibit)
This web page contains links to the content of the exhibit pages for the exhibit 'Austria-Hungary's Vistula River Flotilla in World War I' by the late
Al Kugel.
This exhibit relates to the naval flotilla employed along the Vistula River in Poland, first created on 30 July 1914, two days after Austria declared war on Serbia. A handful of steamers was commandeered, equipped with armor plating and cannons and used to protect against Russian attacks. Headquartered at Krakow and operating out of bases at Niepolomice and Nadbezezie in Galicia, activity was extended northward after the Russians were driven out of Poland in 1915. Later, the gunboats served largely as escorts and tugs for the barges moving supplies for the military forces operating on the Eastern Front.
This exhibit was created by, and is the property of the late Al Kugel, and is being supplied by his heirs as a courtesy to the Military Postal History Society. (See the MPHS webpage) The Military Postal History Society (MPHS) is a non-profit organization for philatelists and stamp collectors interested in the collecting and studying of the postal aspects of all wars and military actions of all countries, including soldiers' campaign covers, naval mail, occupation and internment covers, patriotics, propaganda, V-mail, censorship and similar related material.
Note that this subject has been covered by Al in other published articles, as well as in these exhibit pages.
This exhibit contains 16 pages, therefore, one frame.
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the PDF information page for additional help with this file format.)
Single Frame of the Exhibit of Vistula Flotilla
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Updated 19 August 2026