Help with Austrian units and awards

[leibregiment]

Can anyone help identify the unit/s and awards, thanks, Paul




First............

[leibregiment]

second

[leibregiment]

Third

[luftkrieg]

Hi Paul,

With regard to the awards here is what I can see.

1:

-Karl-Josef Cross
-Kärntner (Carinthian) Cross for bravery

2:

-Signum Laudis Medal in Bronze

3:

-Bronze Military Merit Cross? (may be 2 awards written on the one line)
-Silver Bravery Medal 2nd Class
-Bronze Bravery Medal
-Karl Troop Cross


Kind regards
Pierce

[leibregiment]

Thanks Pierce, if anyone can help with the units that would be great

[Dave Danner]

Hi Paul,

With regard to the awards here is what I can see.

1:

-Karl-Josef Cross
-Kärntner (Carinthian) Cross for bravery

2:

-Signum Laudis Medal in Bronze

3:

-Bronze Military Merit Cross? (may be 2 awards written on the one line)
-Silver Bravery Medal 2nd Class
-Bronze Bravery Medal
-Karl Troop Cross


Kind regards
Pierce

For #1, it is the Karl-Truppen-Kreuz and the Carinthian Cross

For #2, the Signum Laudis is with War Decoration (K.D.) and swords. I assume by KD they meant on the ribbon of the Military Merit Cross, since there wasn't a separate war decoration for the Signum Laudis.

For #3, the first line is the Bronze Military Merit Medal (Signum Laudis) on the ribbon of the Military Merit Cross with Swords (same as #2).

The units are:
1. Infanterieregiment „Albert I. König der Belgier“ Nr. 27
2. Landwehr-Infanterieregiment Wien Nr. 1 & Landwehr-Infanterieregiment Kremsier Nr. 25
3. Schützen-Regiment Nr. 1 (this was the former Landwehr-Infanterieregiment Wien Nr. 1, which like other k.k. Landwehr Infanterie-Regimenter was renamed in April 1917).

I suppose IR 27 might have changed its name after 1914, when Austria-Hungary went to war with Belgium, but I'm not sure.

[leibregiment]

Dave.......thats great.....any idea on the unit under the IR27.....1919?

[Gerdan]

May be he was a member of the "Leobener Studentenbataillon" 1919.

There was a so called Montanuniversity in Leoben. Some of the student fought in the fight Carintiha / Slowenia 1919. It seems he was a member of such a Austrian students unit.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leoben

Gerdan

[Gerdan]

http://www.google.de/imgres?q=studen...9,r:2,s:0,i:72


http://u.jimdo.com/www12/o/s795df45e...ngsbereich.jpg


Gerdan

[leibregiment]

Thanks Gerdan..great information

[peterm]

Hi Paul !

Very interesting Wehrpass !!!

Kind regards,

Peter

[Baska]

Veterans of the Leoben Studenten-Bataillon 1919 at the parade during a ceremony to referendum in Klagenfurt in 1960.

Most of them are holder of the Carinthian cross. Some also the Spcial Carinthian Cross for bravery.
Baska