Paroli (uniform)

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Paroli of the peace uniform of a corporal of regimental music

Paroli is originally a term from the Austro-Hungarian military jargon . It refers to the colored collar tabs that were sewn onto the collar of the coat and the field blouse.

The Parolis were kept in the equalization color and were used by the 102 regiments of the Austro-Hungarian infantry , the dragoons and lancers in their coloring as a distinguishing feature and for identification with one another - with the others, however, as a branch color (artillery scarlet - hunter green) or other specifications.

Parolis in the Austro-Hungarian Army

  • A curly tongue with a point pointing backwards on the collar of the coat. There was a widening in front of the tip with a button on it.
  • In the front part of the collar of the field blouse (stand-up collar or turn-down collar) there are flaps on the left and right and running to the rear, each collar height and about 1/5 collar length. On the pieces of fabric, the parolis, there are the distinctive stars (rank stars) in the front area
  • After 1916, the blouse's flaps were replaced by narrow strips of fabric running from top to bottom. The stripes were at the point where the earlier Parolis ended. They were also called Parolis.

The distinction stars were made of white celluloid for the teams (to which the NCOs were also counted) , and from 1913 of white silk for staff sergeants and cadets. The stars of the officers' deputies were made of brass, those of the ensigns and officers of gold-plated or silver-plated metal (ensigns plated, officers raised). In the case of self-procurement, they could also be embroidered from metal web.

Examples

  • Parolis in apple green for a corporal on the pike-gray field blouse gem. Ordinance of 1908

  • Parolis in orange yellow for a private on the pike-gray field blouse gem. Ordinance of 1916

  • Parolis in grass green for a deputy officer on the pike-gray field blouse gem. Ordinance of 1916

  • Parolis in scarlet red for a sergeant on the pike-gray field blouse gem. Ordinance of 1916

  • Parolis in black for a first lieutenant on the pike-gray field blouse gem. Ordinance of 1916

  • Parolis in dark red for a colonel on the pike-gray field blouse gem. Ordinance of 1916

  • Special Parolis for a captain in the artillery staff on the pike-gray field blouse gem. Ordinance of 1916 (narrower strip of equalizing color and passepoil)

  • Special Parolis for a captain of the staff of genius on the pike-gray field blouse gem. Ordinance of 1916

  • Special parole for a captain of the general staff on the pike-gray field blouse gem. Ordinance of 1916

  • Sulfur-yellow parolis on the pike-gray coat

Parolis in today's Austria

In Austria the system of uniform rankings has remained almost unchanged since the monarchy. In the course of time, only the name has been changed, and the parolis with distinctive stars has become the distinctive badge . Distinction badges of the Federal Army are shown as an example.

Federal Army
rank Zugsführer
Zgf 		Corporal
compl 		Private
Gfr
badge Zgf-aut-feldanzug.gif Kpl-aut-feldanzug.gif Gefr-aut-feldanzug.gif
Example of a coat parole at the fire department

In today's sense, only the curly tongue on the coat collar with the tip pointing backwards is called Paroli.

See also

literature

  • Adjustment regulation for the Austro-Hungarian Joint Army, the Imperial and Royal Landwehr, the Imperial and Royal Landwehr, the affiliated institutions and the corps of military officials. (Part III) Published with the approval of the Austro-Hungarian War Ministry by Erich Christl's kuk Hofdruckerei, Bozen 1912.
  • Peter Fichtenbauer , Christian Ortner : The history of the Austrian army from Maria Theresa to the present in essays and pictorial representations , Verlag Militaria, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-902526-71-7
  • Johann C. Allmayer-Beck, Erich Lessing: The Kuk Army. 1848-1914 . Bertelsmann publishing house, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-570-07287-8 .
  • Stefan Rest: The emperor's rock in the First World War . Verlag Militaria, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-9501642-0-0
  • The Austro-Hungarian Army in 1895 Writings from the Army History Museum in Vienna - Leopold Stocker Verlag , Graz 1997

Web links

Commons : Uniforms of the Austro-Hungarian Army according to Adjustment rule  - collection of images, videos and audio files