Royal Croatian Home Guard

Kraljevsko hrvatsko domobranstvo
Royal Croatian Home Guard
Home Guard Coat of Arms
Active1868–1918
Country Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
 Austria-Hungary
BranchCommon Army
Motto(s)Za kralja i Domovinu (For King and Homeland)
EngagementsWorld War I
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Svetozar Boroević
Stjepan Sarkotić

The Royal Croatian Home Guard (Croatian: Kraljevsko hrvatsko domobranstvo, Hrvatsko-slavonsko domobranstvo or Kraljevsko hrvatsko-ugarsko domobranstvo, often simply Domobranstvo or Domobran in singular, in German: Croatisch-Slawonische Landwehr) was the Croatian-Slavonian army section of the Royal Hungarian Landwehr (Hungarian: Magyar Királyi Honvédség), which existed from 1868 to 1918. The force was created by decree of the Croatian Parliament on December 5, 1868, as a result of the Croatian–Hungarian Settlement.

Home Guard Cap Badge
Uniform of the Hungarian Honvéd

The settlement specified four conditions:

  1. Croats would serve their military service within Croatia
  2. Military training would be conducted in Croatian
  3. Cadet and Domobran academies would be formed
  4. Croatian military units could take on Croatian names