Updated: 10 June, 2009

Austria

• Austro-Hungarian Army - Orders and Decorations On this page will be found links to various further pages discussing and detailing many aspects of the awards and decorations awarded to members of the Austro-Hungarian armed forces during the period 1848-1918

• The Austrian Order of the Golden Fleece   Guy Stair Sainty

• Orders, Decorations and Medals of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Megan C. Robertson

• Austro-Hungarian Orders and Medals Mirko Plavsic

• Orders, Decorations and Medals of the Republic of Austria Megan C. Robertson

• Orders, Decorations and Medals of the Republic of Austria   Austrian Ministry of Defence

• Medals of Tirol Land Tirol

• Medals of Austria  Covers both Austrian Empire and the Republic Yuri Yashnev

• Rusty Knight: Austrian Medals David Devine

• Jeremy's Medals: Austria Jeremy Newman

• Austria - WWI Medals Awarded to Flyers The Aerodrome

• "A Named Austro-Hungarian Military Service Cross,"  By Ed Haynes, "published" on MEDALS-L, 6 October 1997

• Medals of Austria-Hungary  M.Shackelford and Hendrik Meersschaert

• Medals of Austria   Sydney B, Vernon

• Images of Austrian Medals

• Austrian Orders, Decorations and Medals of the Napoleonic Period by Stephen Herold

• Iron Crown Order of the Austro Hungarian Empire This website is dedicated to the history of the Iron Crown Order of the Austro Hungarian Empire. Erik Naberhuis

• Austria - Hungary A Personal Collection of Hungarian Historical Militaria Péter N. Plats

• Order of Precedence in Wearing Imperial Austrian Orders and Medals Société Napoléonienne

• Medals of Imperial Austria  Will Shade

  • Medals of Austria (Republic)  

  • Austro-German medal groups 

• General Maicen uberreicht das Silberne Ehrenzeichen an spanischen Generalstabschef (In German) 

• Austro-Hungarian Army - Orders and Decorations A series of links to detailing many aspects of the awards and decorations awarded to members of the Austro-Hungarian armed forces during the period 1848-1918. Glenn Jewison and Jorg C. Steiner

• Orders, Decorations, and Medals of the Austria Antiques A to Z

• Austro-Hungarian Land Forces 1848-1918 By Glenn Jewison & Jörg C. Steiner - The aim of this site is to document the organisational history of the land forces of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy from just prior to the outbreak of the Great War until the collapse of the monarchy in 1918. Make sure you checkout the Orders and Decorations Section of the website.

• Johann Iskric - Hero of the First World War Medals of Johann Iskric

• Austrians miffed by Jackson's medal Michael Jackson at the courthouse Monday. Austrians recognized the star he on his chest as the Order of Vienna, a medal awarded to artists, businessmen or others of merit. He was never awarded the honor. Jackson’s staff bought the medal at an antiques shop in downtown Vienna. It is illegal in Austria to wear such medals if one hasn’t earned them, and Jackson theoretically could face a $919 fine. City officials say they don’t plan to press charges. msnbc.msn.com 3 Mar 05

• Albert Schweitzer Society Medals - Apparently these medals are awarded for Participation in Conflicts and Humanitarian Operations. According to Professor John Kersey, The Society (in German; Österreichische Albert Schweitzer-Gesellschaft) maintains a webpage at http://wunderbar-media.at/oeasg and there are depictions of some of the medals it awards at  http://wunderbar-media.at/oeasg/OASG_Dank_Annerkennung.htm. The Society is a very active charitable and humanitarian concern in Austria, and is recognised by the United Nations and UNESCO as a non-governmental organisation. It is based in Mödling and was founded in 1984. Its medals are officially recognised by the Austrian Bundesheer (Federal Army) and may be worn on Bundesheer uniforms. The medals of the society are awarded regularly for significant humanitarian, cultural and related achievement. I was greatly honoured to be the recipient of the Medal of Honour for Science and Art in 2002 for my work as a musician. This medal is awarded annually to three scientists, artists or musicians from around the world. There is a ceremony for honorands, usually in Vienna or Brussels. Other honorands include Nobel Prize laureate Prof. Konrad Lorenz, Prof. Viktor Frankl, Prof. Mathias Zirm, former Bürgermeister of Vienna Prof. Helmut Zilk, Prof. Otto König and American composer Richard Nanes.

• Orders and Medals of the Austro-Hungarian Empire - Ribbon Chart. Lucasz Gaszewski 

• Orders and Decorations of the Republic of Austria 1918-38 - Ribbon Chart. Lucasz Gaszewski 

• Orders and Decorations of the Republic of Austria since 1945 - Ribbon Chart. Lucasz Gaszewski

• Austrian medal of honour bestowed on a Jordanian Physician Austrian Republic Charge D’affair of Austria in Amman George Petner Buden Brook adorned the Jordanian physician Sami Al-Goussouss the Silver medal of Honour of the second order for his medical services he offers to the Austrian embassy’s staff and the Austrian community in Jordan. petra.gov.jo 23 Dec 06 

• Lützeler receives Austrian Great Medal of Merit Paul Michael Lützeler, Ph.D., the Rosa May Distinguished Uni-versity Professor in the Humani-ties in Arts & Sciences, will receive the Austrian Great Medal of Merit. The award is being bestowed on Lützeler for his work on Jewish-Austrian novelist Hermann Broch (1886-1951) and his research in the fields of European identity and contemporary Austrian literature. An international leading authority on Broch, Lützeler edited Broch's collected works in 17 volumes. He also has written a biography of Brock, two scholarly books on Broch and edited numerous volumes of Broch's correspondences. He is president of the International Hermann Broch Society. He has received many awards, prizes and fellowships; including Guggenheim, Humboldt and Fulbright grants, the German Cross of Merit, First Class. record.wsutl.edu1 Feb 07

• Honours and Medals of the State of Vorarlberg

• Golden Medal Awarded Vienna Insurance Group director general Guenter Geyer (L) receives Austria's Golden Medal from Austrian President Heinz Fischer in Vienna June 18, 2007. The Golden Medal is one of Austria's highest honours. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader (AUSTRIA) news.yahoo.com 18 Jun 07

  Austria - Golden Medal Awarded Erste Bank director general Andreas Treichl (L) receives Austria's Golden Medal from Austrian President Heinz Fischer in Vienna June 18, 2007. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader (AUSTRIA) news.yahoo.com 18 Jun 07

  
  
• Omer Sabanci Decorated With Austria's Medal Of Merit Omer Sabanci, member of executive board of Turkey's Sabanci Holding, was decorated with Austria's medal of merit. Dr. Hans Winkler, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Austria, presented the medal of merit to Sabanci in a ceremony that was held in Austria's Consulate General in Yenikoy district in Istanbul. Winkler said that Sabanci served as honorary consul of Austria in southern city of Adana between 1991 and 2004, underlining that Sabanci contributed to economic relations between the two countries. turkishpress.com 25 Jun 07
• Tjeknavorian receives Austria’s gold medal of merit Iranian-born Armenian composer and conductor Loris Tjeknavorian received Austria’s gold medal of merit.  tehrantimes.com 26 Oct 08
• Austrian FPoe against Decoration for Czec President Klaus The far right Austrian Freedom Party (FPOe) is against the idea that Czech President Vaclav Klaus will be decorated with the highest Austrian order by his Austrian counterpart Heinz Fischer during his visit to Prague today, FPOe leaders said. "Klaus will be awarded with the Austrian merit order for his anti-German and anti-Austrian attitudes. This is tremendous hypocrisy," Hainbuchner said. During Fischer's visit today, the Czech Order of White Lion will be awarded to him and the Double Cross of Austria to Klaus. ceskenoviny.cz 14 May 09

• Wolf D Prix Receives Austrian Decoration of Honor for Science and Arts Wolf D. Prix, Design Principal of Coop Himmelb(l)au received the Austrian Decoration of Honor for Science and Art. The Federal President Dr. Heinz Fischer awarded Mr. Prix with the highest honor of the Republic of Austria within a ceremonial act at Hofburg Vienna. According to the bylaws the Austrian Decoration of Honor for Science and Art is given to "persons from the interior or abroad who have received general recognition and a preeminent reputation due to outstanding creative achievements in the fields of Sciences or Arts." dexigner.com 24 May 09

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  • Austria bestows honor on Ozawa The Austrian government on Monday awarded Seiji Ozawa, the musical director of the Vienna State Opera, with the Cross of Honor for Science and Art First Class. The award is Austria's highest honor for contributions to art and culture. The director of the state opera, Ioan Holender, won a Great Golden Badge of Honor for Merit for the Austrian Republic. Ozawa was the first Japanese to conduct the Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's concert. He was appointed musical director of the Vienna State Opera in the fall after resigning in August from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, which he had conducted since 1973. japantimes.co.jp Dec 02

  • Nazi-era doctor stripped of Austrian state honor A doctor allegedly linked to the deaths of thousands of children in a Nazi-era euthanasia clinic has been stripped of one of the nation's most prestigious awards. Dr. Heinrich Gross, formally charged in the deaths of nine children at the Am Spiegelgrund clinic in Vienna but suspected of assisting in the torture and death of thousands more, received the Austrian Honorary Cross for Science and Art in 1975. Yahoo News - 9 Apr 2003

  • Austria Decorates Monsignor Ratzinger Benedict XVI watched as his brother received the first-class Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Culture in a ceremony in Paul VI Hall. The cross was conferred on Monsignor Georg Ratzinger by the Austrian ambassador to the Holy See, Helmut Turk. The award recognizes his cultural achievements as chapel master in Regensburg, Germany, scholar and composer of sacred music. Zenit.org 20 May 05