Highest commendation

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The highest praise was an Austro-Hungarian award “for outstanding achievements in the war”, which was awarded in writing by the highest authority, i.e. the emperor.

On March 12, 1890, it was replaced by the Signum Laudis (lat. "Sign of Praise"), the military merit medal , as a visible sign that could be worn on the uniform .

source

  • Signum laudis. In: Brockhaus' Kleines Konversations-Lexikon. Fifth edition, volume 2. Leipzig 1911, p. 704.