Abstract
During an inventory of the mobiliary of the Church of St. Ignatius in Prague's New Town as part of the Integrated System of Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage (ISO), items were found that belonged, inter alia, among Holy Mass equipment for military chaplains of the Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War.
There are three field chapels/Mass suitcases (two of which are properly equipped with kits) and four chaplain's bags with equipment for the administration of the sacraments (baptism, holy confession, communion, and anointing of the sick) directly on the battlefield. In addition to these sets, the church also contains fragments of at least two other chapels and four bags.
The individual items are described and their liturgical use, often little-known, is explained through contemporary inventories or military regulations. The existence of such a large collection of military worship items can be explained by the fact that in the former Jesuit college, very close to the Church of St.
Ignatius, a military hospital was in operation from the abolition of the order until 1938.