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The following decorations and medals are listed in their order of wear from 1908. [1]Military Merit Cross (Militärverdienstkreuz); Decoration of the Elizabeth-Theresian Military Foundation (Dekoration der Elisabeth Theresien-Militärstiftung)
Originally, repeat awards were not authorized (except that one could receive both the peacetime version and the version on the War Ribbon). On March 26, 1911, a Silver Military Merit Medal was founded. It was intended to reward those who would have earned a second award of the Military Merit Medal. It too could be awarded on either of the two ...
War memorial in Păuleni-Ciuc, Romania. Although the Kingdom of Hungary comprised only 42% of the population of Austria–Hungary, [50] the thin majority – more than 3.8 million soldiers – of the Austro-Hungarian armed forces were conscripted from the Kingdom of Hungary during the First World War. Roughly 600,000 soldiers were killed in ...
The Austro-Hungarian Empire conscripted 7.8 million soldiers during World War I. [3] Although the Kingdom of Hungary comprised only 42% of the population of Austria-Hungary, [4] the thin majority – more than 3.8 million soldiers – of the Austro-Hungarian armed forces were conscripted from the Kingdom of Hungary during the First World War ...
Military Merit Cross 2nd Class with War Decoration and Swords Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with War Decoration and Swords. The Military Merit Cross (German: Militärverdienstkreuz, Hungarian: Katonai Érdemkereszt, Croatian: Vojni križ za zasluge) [1] was a decoration of the Empire of Austria and, after the establishment of the Dual Monarchy in 1867, the Empire of Austria-Hungary.
The Cross of Merit (German: Verdienstkreuz) (Hungarian: Érdemkereszt) was a military and civil decoration of Austria-Hungary established 16 Februar 1850. Emperor Franz Josef awarded the cross "to reward loyal and actively proven devotion to Emperor and Fatherland, many years of acknowledged beneficial use in public service or other merits earned for the general good".
Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Orders, decorations, and medals of Austria-Hungary" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
This article deals with the rank insignia of the Austro-Hungarian Army, as worn by the Austro-Hungarian Army after the reorganisation in 1867 until 1918.. In the Austrian army rank insignia are traditionally called Paroli (pl. Parolis) and are worn as gorget patch or collar tap, appliquéd to the gorget fore-part of the uniform coat, uniform jacket and/or battle-dress.