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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.
The Austro-Hungarian Army, also known as the Imperial and Royal Army, [A. 1] was the principal ground force of Austria-Hungary from 1867 to 1918. It consisted of three organisations: the Common Army ( German : Gemeinsame Armee , recruited from all parts of Austria-Hungary), the Imperial-Royal Landwehr (recruited from Cisleithania ) and the ...
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English: Or, a pale Gules charged with a fess Argent (for the House of Austria) between dexter a lion rampant Gules, armed, langued and crowned Azure (for Habsburg) and sinister a bend Gules charged with three alerions bendwise Argent (for Lorraine); the whole surrounded by the Order of the Golden Fleece, the Military Order of Maria Theresa, the Order of Saint Stephen and the Austrian Imperial ...
The 2nd Army (German: k.u.k. 2. Armee), later designated East Army (German: Ost-Armee), was a field army-level command of Austro-Hungarian Army that was active during World War I. It was initially formed to take part in the Balkans Campaign before being transferred to the Eastern Front. In the final stages of the war, the army was evacuated ...
The two new Landwehr forces thus existed alongside the Common Army (Gemeinsame Armee), the imperial army of the whole Empire. In effect this meant that Austria-Hungary had three separate armies at the same time. Imperial and Royal Hussars around 1910 Hungarian Hussars attack in Krasnik, Poland 23. August 1914
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)
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.