Triangular ribbon

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Awards of a participant of the Second World War, adapted for wearing in Austria with triangular ribbons and without swastika .
Entacher at the New Year's reception of the Diplomatic Corps 2013 with various awards on the triangular ribbon
Reginald Czermack, Austrian entrepreneur and fire service pioneer with several awards on the triangular ribbon

The portable awards, medals and decorations of the Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary were the triangle belt worn. This tradition also passed on to the Austrian Armed Forces and other emergency organizations, such as the voluntary fire brigade .

The ribbon is folded into a triangle, provided with hooks and eyes and sewn on the back. The medal is now hung on the hook and this is put through the eyelet into the ribbon. This special form of ribbon was also adopted in some of Austria's neighboring states, such as Bulgaria , Romania , Slovakia , Serbia and the independent state of Croatia .

There can also be an adequate triangular ribbon for medals that otherwise have a normal ribbon. This is the case with German orders, for example, since Austria-Hungary and Germany were allies in both world wars . It also happened that a member of the Austro-Hungarian armed forces or the Hungarian armed forces (Honvéd) was awarded a German medal and then wore it to match his own medal on a triangular ribbon. Even today, awards are worn on the triangular ribbon in Austria and Hungary.

The triangular ribbons could be expanded with different editions, such as the imperial and royal bravery ribbon, matching the imperial and royal bravery medal .

  • Band of valor

  • Bravery ribbon with repeat clasp for the award of the medal twice

  • Band of bravery with sword rests for front fighters

  • Bravery ribbon with repeat clasp for two-time awarding of the order and sword supports for front-line soldiers

  • Bravery ribbon with two repeat clasps for three awards of the order

  • Bravery ribbon with "K" overlay for awarding the Imperial and Royal Medal of Bravery to officers (shown here: silver)