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Austro-Hungarian Army - Austrian Bundesheer Badges of Rank 1924-1933
<html><head> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"/> <meta content="Glenn Jewison" name="author"/> <meta content="2001 Glenn Jewison & J枚rg C. Steiner" name="COPYRIGHT"/> <meta content="Austro-Hungarian Army - Austrian Bundesheer Badges of Rank 1924-1933" name="description"/> <meta content="Austrian Bundesheer Badges of Rank 1924-1933" name="keywords"/> <meta content="Microsoft FrontPage 4.0" name="GENERATOR"/> <title>Austro-Hungarian Army - Austrian Bundesheer Badges of Rank 1924-1933</title> <meta content="no" http-equiv="imagetoolbar"/> </head> <body alink="#0000FF" bgcolor="#FFF8DC" link="#0000FF" text="#400040" vlink="#DB7093"> <p align="center"><font size="4"><b><a href="/" name="Austrian Bundesheer Badges of Rank 1924-1933">Austrian Bundesheer Badges of Rank 1923-1933</a></b></font></p> <p align="left">Following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in November 1918 and the creation of an independent Austrian Republic, the armed forces available to the new state were initially the Volkswehr which wore modified k.u.k. uniforms. With the formation of the Bundesheer in 1920 new insignia was introduced which basically took the form of cuff rings. This insignia was in turn replaced by an order dated the 11th of September 1923 which introduced insignia similar to that worn in Weimar Germany by the Reichsheer. This form of insignia would remain with slight variations until replaced yet again ten years later by the traditional badges of rank and uniform as worn by the former k.u.k. Army and k.k. Landwehr. Generals originally wore the double litzen collar patches with scarlet piping but these were replaced by patches modeled on the Prussian Alt-Larisch pattern on the 21st of December 1925. New ranks of Vizeleutnant (24th of September 1924), F盲hnrich (14 August 1925) and聽 Korporal on the 22nd of December 1927. The rank of Zugsf眉hrer adopted three chevrons and the Korporal that of two chevrons. The F盲hnrich and Vizeleutnant had the same shoulder boards but the F盲hnrich additionally wore a smooth matt collar button. In 1929 the rank of General was replaced by those of General der Infanterie and General der Artillerie.</p> <table border="1" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center" width="25%"><a href="/bundrang1.jpg"></a></td> <td align="center" width="25%"><a href="/bundrang2.JPG"></a></td> <td align="center" width="25%"><a href="/bundrang3.jpg"></a></td> <td align="center" width="25%"><a href="/bundrang4.JPG"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25%">聽</td> <td width="25%">聽</td> <td width="25%">聽</td> <td width="25%">聽</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p align="left"><a href="../BADUNIF.HTM">Back to Badges and Uniforms</a></p> <p align="center">聽</p> <p>聽</p> <p>聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 </p> </body></html>