Golden Bravery Medal Winners of the Aviation-Services

Pergine airfield 6th August 1917: Kiss, Kowalzcik and SchwarzThe dimensions of World War I were, regarding the length of time and the number of engaged troops so large that it became obvious that the Golden and the two Silver Bravery Medals were not sufficient to honour all the heroic acts of the  non-commissioned personnel. To that end the Bronze Bravery Medal was instituted on the 14th of February 1915 and finally the bars for repeat awards (Wiederholungsspangen) on the 29th of November 1915. These bars, perhaps with the exception of the bars for fourth awards, are common with silver or bronze bravery medals but very rare for the Golden Bravery Medal. The reason was that, on several occasions, it was ordered by the emperor that persons, who had received the Golden Bravery Medal, should "as far as possible" be employed in positions behind the front e.g. training the troops to save their lives as an encouragement for the people. Kaiser Karl added to this order on the 17th of July 1917 with "had to be employed in the rear under all circumstances" but this was too difficult, especially as the aviation troops would have been deprived of their best pilots and so he was compelled to made an exception (2nd of August 1917) for all flying personnel.

Another creation of Kaiser Karl was the introduction of a Bravery Medal for Officers on the 15th of September 1917. These medals, awarded in Silver or in Gold with a "K" from corresponding material fixed to the ribbon, did not attract any monthly pension. The greater number of the Golden Bravery Medals for Officers were awarded after the war from the Militär-Maria Theresien-Ordenskapitel - under special circumstances, from a legalistic point of view.

The following lists honour all these heroic men who performed their outstanding duty for their fatherland from their Fliegerkompanien (FliK) with the army as well as from the Seeflugstationen (SFS) of the navy, .

Winners of four Golden Bravery Medals (three bars on the ribbon):

NAME RANK UNIT AWARD publishing DATE NOTES
Arigi Julius Feldwebel FstArtRgt 1 att. FliK 6 first 26th August 1916 32 Victories
  Stabsfeldwebel FliK 6 second 7th April 1917  
  Offiziersstellvertreter FliK 6 third 26th August 1918  
  Offiziersstellvertreter FliK 6 fourth 18th December 1918 Died 1st August 1981
Gruber Kurt Zugsführer FliK 1 first 26th August 1916  
  Stabsfeldwebel FliK 41 second 21st October 1918  
  Stabsfeldwebel FliK 60 third 27th November 1918  
  Offiziersstellvertreter FliK 60 fourth 18th January 1919 Posthumous; KIA 4th April 1918. 11 Victories

Winners of three Golden Bravery Medals (two bars on the ribbon):

NAME RANK UNIT AWARD publishing DATE NOTES
Bönsch Eugen Korporal FliK 51 first 30th May 1918 Died 24th July 1951. 16 Victories
  Zugsführer FliK 51 second 24th December 1918  
  Zugsführer FliK 51 third 23rd July 1919  
Fejes Stephan Zugsführer FliK 51 first 21st September 1918  
  Feldwebel FliK 51 second 9th April 1919  
  Stabsfeldwebel FliK 51 third no official publication found Awarded by Kaiser Karl in June 1918. 16 Victories
Hefty Friedrich Stabsfeuerwerker rtArtRgt 7 att. FliK 44 first 26th August 1918  
  Stabsfeldwebel FliK 42 second 24th December 1918  
  Stabsfeldwebel FliK 42 third 3rd July 1920 Died 20th January 1965. 5 Victories
Kiss Josef Zugsführer FliK 24 first 16th October 1916  
  Feldwebel FliK 16 second 26th January 1918  
  Stabsfeldwebel InfRgt 72 att. FliK 55 third 26th August 1918 KIA 24th May 1918; Second (and last) NCO promoted to officer (from Offiziersstellvertreter to Leutnant der Reserve) - posthumous! 19 Victories
Pichl Franz See-Kadett Seeflugstation Triest first 23rd July 1917  
  See-Kadett Seeflugstation Triest second 24th October 1917  
  See-Kadett Seeflugstation Pola/Puntisella third 14th June 1918 Posthumous; KIA 14th May 1918

Winners of two Golden Bravery Medals (one bar on the ribbon):

NAME RANK UNIT AWARD publishing DATE NOTES
Fritsch von Cronenwald Johann Ritter See-Kadett Seeflugstation Pola first 15th June 1915  
  See-Fähnrich Seeflugstation Durazzo second 11th September 1916 Air crash as Fregattenleutnant 22nd April 1917
Heinrich Reinhold Feldwebel FliK 15 first 22nd March 1919  
  Stabsfeldwebel FliK 15 second 31st May 1919  
Kasza Alexander Zugsführer InfRgt 86 att. FliK 55 first 23rd October 1918  
  Zugsführer FliK 55 second 31st May 1919 Died in February 1945 during air raid. 6 Victories
Kind Adolf Zugsführer FliK 21 first 17th November 1917  
  Feldwebel FliK 21 second 16th January 1918 Posthumous; KIA 26th June 1917
Klefácz Alexander Ldst-Zugsführer FliK 7 first 17th April 1918  
  Feldwebel FliK 59 second 24th December 1918 Posthumous; KIA 25th March 1918
Knötig Ferdinand Stabsfeldwebel FliK 11 first 2nd June 1917  
  Stabsfeldwebel FliK 11 second 28th March 1918 Posthumous; KIA 23rd May 1917
König Hugo Zugsführer FlugGeschwader I first 24th April 1918  
  Feldwebel FliK 51 second 15th November 1919 Posthumous; KIA 18th June 1918
Koudela Franz Ldst-Feldwebel FliK 26 first 31st August 1918  
  Ldst-Stabsfeldwebel FliK 26 second 25th June 1919 Died 4th August 1971
Kowalczik Julius Zugsführer FliK 24 first 16th January 1917  
  Feldwebel FliK 24 second 20th March 1918 5 Victories
Kunz Otto

ZF-

ElektroQuartierMeister

 Seeflugstation Pola/Puntisella first 16th October 1917  
 

ZF-

ElektroQuartierMeister

 Seeflugstation Triest second 3rd December 1917  
Kusterle Rudolf Zugsführer FeldArtRgt 28 att. FliK 46 first 9th April 1919  
  Zugsführer FliK 46 second 11th December 1902 Posthumous; KIA 8th June 1918
Risztics Johann Feldwebel FliK 42 first 26th March 1918  
  Stabsfeldwebel FliK 42 second 24th December 1918 7 Victories
Russ Gottfried Feldwebel FliK 7 first 22nd June 1916  
  Offiziersstellvertreter FliK 7 second 31st August 1918 Died in an air crash Spring 1920
Schwach Michael Feldwebel FliK 6 first 28th December 1918  
  Feldwebel FliK 6 second 11th December 1920 Posthumous; KIA 7th July 1918
Siegel Josef Feuerwerker FliK 15 first 4th June 1915  
 

Reserve-

Offiziersstellvertreter

 FliK 6 second 2nd June 1917 6 Victories
Slanina Franz Zugsführer FliK 23 first 28th March 1918  
  Feldwebel FliK 23 second 22nd March 1919 Posthumous; died in air crash 11th May 1918
Telessy Lajos Zugsführer FliK 21 first 20th March 1918  
  Feldwebel FliK 9 second 31st May 1919 Posthumous; died of wounds 10th June 1918
Udvardy Ferdinand Zugsführer FliK 42 first 20th March 1918 8 Victories
  Zugsführer FliK 42 second 9th April 1919  
Urban Karl Ldst-Feldwebel FliK 10 first 10th April 1917  
  Ldst-Stabsfeldwebel FliK 14 second 22nd March 1919 Posthumous; died in air crash 12th July 1918. 5 Victories
Wanneck Hans Feuerwerker FliK 11 first 18th October 1919  
  Feuerwerker FliK 11 second 9th July 1920 "Nachträgliche Zuerkennung"; died in an  air crash 29th August 1930

Winners of a Golden Bravery Medal:

NAME RANK UNIT publishing DATE NOTES
Baier Josef Zugsführer FliK 35 24th August 1918 Posthumous; KIA 23rd September 1917
Balzareno Karl Feldwebel FliK 51 22nd January 1919 -
Bangerl Josef Feldwebel FliK 46 28th February 1920 Died at Traunkirchen on the 25th June 1967
Barth Karl Feldwebel FliK 3 7th April 1917 -
Bartha von Dalnokfalva Edgar See-Kadett SFS Durazzo 17th October 1916 Died in air crash 22nd June 1917
Bauer Ludwig Stabsfeldwebel FliK 3 18th September 1918 -
Bedö Karl Zugsführer FliK 24 26th August 1918 Posthumous; died in air crash on the 21st March 1918
Behounek Alfons Feldwebel FliK 55 11th January 1919 Posthumous; died in air crash on the 22nd May 1918
Beilner Karl Zugsführer FliK 35 21st September 1918 -
Benko Karl Feldwebel FliK 28 26th August 1918 -
Bösch Eugen Zugsführer FliK 12 26th March 1918 -
Berger Rudolf Ldst-Feldwebel FliK 26 9th October 1920 -
Braunecker Leopold Stabsfeldwebel FliK 15 23rd October 1918  -
Brociner Max Fähnrich d.Res. FliK 4 26th March 1918 POW 1916/17 in Italy, released as total invalid
Brunner Arthur Zugsführer FliK 10 19th February 1919 Posthumous; KIA 18th March 1918
Bubenik Gottlieb Zugsführer FliK 33 15th April 1918  -
Busa Julius Feldwebel FliK 14 4th June 1917 Posthumous; KIA 13th May 1917
Cagasek Josef Stabsfeldwebel FliK 8 28th March 1918  -
Cernohous Josef Feldwebel FliK 35 23rd July 1919  -
Cerny Ferdinand Feldwebel FliK 14 22nd March 1919 Posthumous; KIA 19th May 1918
Cislaghi Karl Zugsführer FliK 28 27th August 1917  -
Czernin Gottlieb Feldwebel FliK 60 11th January 1919 Posthumous; died of wounds 13th March 1918
Debreczeny Karl Feldwebel FliK 17 22nd March 1919  -
Demjen Stephan Feldwebel FliK 17 22nd March 1919  -
Dollag Ernst Reserve-Feldwebel FliK 66 27th November 1918  -
Dombrowski Andreas Feldwebel FliK 29 15th April 1918 6 Victories
Dovolil Karl Feldwebel FG I 30th May 1918  -
Driemer Rudolf Feldwebel FliK 3 30th November 1918 POW 1915/18 in Russia, received GTM after he escaped
Drnek Franz Zugsführer FliK 18 15th May 1918  -
Ehret Karl Stabsfeldwebel FliK 16 28th December 1918  -
Elsner Felix See-Fähnrich a.D. SFS Pola/Puntisella 10th October 1917  -
Ernst Paul Dr. Fähnrich d.Res. schwFdArtRgt 19 att. FliK 27 7th April 1917  -
Ezekiel Andreas Ldst-Zugsführer FliK 33 6th July 1918  -
Fleck Ludwig Korporal FliK 35 8th September 1917  -
Forst Rudolf Stabsfeldwebel FliK 37 17th April 1918  -
Franke Josef Feldwebel FliK 4 10th November 1917 Died on wounds after air crash on the 11th February 1918
Franz Ernst Feldwebel schwFAR 19 att. FliK 23 24th September 1917 Died in air crash 17th January 1918
Fraueneder Franz Zugsführer FliK 32 28th March 1918 - 
Fritsch Karl Feldwebel FliK 43 23rd July 1919 Died in February 1968
Fuchshuber Franz Zugsführer FliK 56 25th June 1919  -
Funk Erwin Feldwebel FliK 16 26th January 1918  -
Glas Josef Zugsführer FliK 71 16th October 1920  -
Goder Franz Feldwebel FliK 17 17th November 1917  -
Grabenhofer Robert Feldwebel FliK 61 31st May 1919  -
Graf Hubert Feldwebel FliK 42 24th December 1918 Died in air crash 28th March 1919
Gregl Franz Feldwebel FliK 28 7thApril 1917 Posthumous; KIA 15th August 1916
Grund Josef Ldst-Zugsführer FliK 26 3rd July 1920  -
Gyurgyev Slavko Zugsführer FliK 61 31st May 1919 Posthumous; KIA 11th May 1918
Haas Josef Zugsführer FliK 44 9th April 1919  -
Habel Adolf Ldst-Feldwebel FliK 48 31st May 1919 Posthumous; died in air crash 1st June 1918
Hablitschek Paul Feldwebel FliK 7 2nd March 1918 Posthumous; died of wounds 26th May 1917
Hammerlitz Rudolf Benno Fähnrich d.Res. FstgArtBaon 5 att. FliK 29 22nd August 1917 Posthumous; KIA 25th July 1917
Haschke Reinhold Fliegermaat SFS Durazzo 17th October 1916  -
Hegedüs Stephan (Istvan) Korporal FliK 35 26th March 1918 Posthumous; KIA 22nd June 1917
Heidl Albin Zugsführer FliK 60 27th November 1918  -
Hertl Ernst Zugsführer FliK 11 31st May 1919 Posthumous; KIA 8th June 1918
Hollmann Robert Zugsführer FliK 16 26th March 1918 Posthumous; KIA 10th August 1917
Höllriegel Anton Feldwebel FliK 16 28th December 1918  -
Horny Walter Zugsführer FliK 21 4th May 1918 Posthumous; KIA 26th July 1917
Huzjan Stephan (Istvan) Stabsfeldwebel FliK 19 7th April 1917  -
Janhuber Karl Feldwebel FliK 64 11st December 1920  -
Janisch Leopold Feldwebel FliK 44 23rd July 1919  -
Jaschek Ferdinand Zugsführer FliK 41 24th April 1918 Posthumous; died in air crash 21st August 1917
Jezek Alois Zugsführer FliK 24 25th September 1916 died on the 28th February 1952
Juhász Franz (Ference) Feldwebel FliK 5 10th January 1917  -
Juhász Johann Stabsfeldwebel FliK 74 18th September 1920  -
Kaszala Karl Stabsfeldwebel FliK 41 24th April 1918 Died in air crash 1932 or 1936. 8 Victories
Kauer Max Feldwebel FliK 28 29th September 1920  -
Khil Edler von Murhausen Franz See-Kadett SFS Pola/Puntisella 16th October 1917  -
Kirjak Stephan (Istvan) Feldwebel FliK 21 26th August 1918  -
Klement Franz Korporal FliK 13 1st October 1917  -
Klemperer Wolfgang Fähnrich d.Res. FG I 24th April 1918 Died on 25th March 1965 at Los Angeles
Klingohr Rudolf MilTechnAkz. liqu. LSCHErsTruppe 28th July 1920 Nachträgliche Zuerkennung
Koch Leo Zugsführer FliK 22 10th September 1917 Committed suicide 1st January 1948 at Innsbruck
Kolba Árpád Feldwebel FliK 23 3rd July 1917  -
Kolos Kolomann Fähnrich d.Res. SFS Triest 23rd July 1917 KIA 19th August 1917
Korber Josef Werkmeister FliK 4 15th September 1914 Died in air crash 16th November 1914
Korsitzky Alfons Feldwebel FliK 28 24th April 1918 Posthumous; KIA 2nd February 1918
Koschicek Josef Feldwebel FliK 28 10th April 1917  -
Kreidl Andreas Zugsführer FliK 28 28th December 1918 Posthumous; KIA 29th September 1917
Kreiner Edwin Feldwebel FliK 13 10th September 1917 Died in air crash 22nd March 1918
Kropf Josef Feldwebel FliK 48 4th May 1918  -
Kröppel Franz Feldwebel FliK 41 25th June 1919  -
Kubalek Leopold Korporal FliK 49 31st May 1919 Posthumous; KIA 23rd May 1918
Lager Anton Ldst-Korporal FliK 18 11th December 1920  -
Laczkó Joseph Ldst-Korporal FliK 66 27th November 1918  -
Lahner Franz Zugsführer FliK 55 29th May 1920 Died on the 19th July 1966 at Linz. 5 Victories
Lehmann Alois Feldwebel FliK 55 19th July 1919 Posthumous; KIA 23rd April 1918
Libano Max Offiziersstellvertreter FliK 1 24th June 1916 Died on the 23rd December 1970 at Linz
Linner Karl Korporal tit. Zugsführer FliK 9 29th May 1920 Posthumous; KIA 9th August 1918
Liptak Aladár Offiziersstellvertreter FliK 8 9th November 1918  -
Löffelmann Thomas Feldwebel FliK 11 31st August 1918  -
Lonstak Rudolf Feldwebel FliK 14 31st August 1918 Posthumous; KIA 1st September 1917
Lucic Nikolaus See-Kadett SFS Pola/Puntisella 24th October 1917 Posthumous; KIA 3rd October 1917
Magerl Vinzenz Feldwebel FliK 42 24th April 1918 Died on the 25th July 1954 in Vienna. 5 Victories
Magyar Joseph Zugsführer FliK 28 30th January 1918 Posthumous; died in air crash 21st June 1917
Mahner Heinrich Stabsfeldwebel FliK 19 30th May 1918  -
Malz Johann Feldwebel FliK 14 22nd March 1919  -
Matijevic Joseph Kadett-Aspirant FliK 2 26th August 1918 Posthumous; KIA 26th June 1917
Mattl Johann Feldwebel FliK 1 9th October 1915 Died in air crash on the 16th July 1917
Maurer Karl Stabsfeldwebel FliK 17 14th June 1919 -
Mazurczak Leon Feldwebel FliK 4 25th June 1919 -
Meissner Michael Feldwebel FliK 9 31st May 1919 Posthumous; KIA 19th June 1918
Meltsch Robert Feuerwerker FliK 8 6th October 1914 -
Molnár Johann Fliegermeister SFS Pola 29th April 1916 -
Moosbrugger Pius Zugsführer FliK 11 17th April 1918 Died in 1978 at Nüziders
Morawetz Josef Korporal FliK 4 16th January 1918 -
Morth Stephan Korporal FliK 34 8th September 1917 Died in air crash 6th July 1918
Müller Richard Stabsfeldwebel FliK 15 2nd October 1918 -
Müller Rudolf Feldwebel FliK 11 31st August 1918 -
Nedoschinsky Hermann Korporal tit. Zugsführer FliK 25 31st August 1918 Posthumous; died in air crash 14th October 1917
Neuhauser Johann Zugsführer FliK 28 28th December 1918 -
Nölscher Rudolf Feldwebel FG I 30th May 1918 -
Novak Dragutin Zugsführer FliK 10 26th August 1916 5 Victories
Obendorfer Maximilian Fähnrich d.Res. SFS Triest 23rd July 1917 Died in air crash 19th December 1917
Oberst Franz Feldwebel FliK 42 9th April 1919 5 Victories
Ondik Josef Zugsführer FliK 11 19th February 1919  
Ott Max Fliegerquartiermeister SFS Pola 10th October 1917 Died in air crash 26th June 1918
Ottinger Otto Oberstabsfliegermeister SFS Triest 23rd July 1917  
Pacher Wilhelm See-Fähnrich SFS Triest 21st November 1917  
Pachta Franz Ldst-Zugsführer FliK 31 26th August 1918  
Palm Rudolf Korporal FliK 37 17th April 1918 Died on the 12th June 1967 at Wien
Papp Johann Stabsfeldwebel FliK 28 28th December 1918  
Passer Josef Zugsführer FliK 16 30th September 1918  
Pelzmann Franz Korporal FliK 55 22nd March 1919 Posthumous; KIA 4th July 1918
Péterffy Koloman Feldwebel FliK 18 18th December 1918  
Pichler Karl Feldwebel FliK 2 6th July 1918 Posthumous; KIA 23rd September 1917
Pinkalsky Johann Feldwebel FliK 9 29th May 1920 Posthumous; KIA 8th August 1918
Pittlik Joseph Zugsführer FliK 28 10th September 1917  
Polanecky Rudolf Zugsführer FliK 34 24th April 1918 Died in air crash on the 27th August 1922 near Prague
Pontalti Ernst Fähnrich d.Res. FliK 51 9th April 1919 Posthumous; KIA 22nd May 1918
Prochazka Franz Stabsfeldwebel FliK 22 9th October 1920  
Proksch Josef Reserve-Zugsführer FliK 42 3rd July 1920  
Rabel Adolf Zugsführer FliK 31 31st August 1918 Posthumous; KIA 9th August 1917
Ratzky Viktor Zugsführer FliK 64 11th December 1920  
Regner von Bleyleben Georh Freiherr See-Kadett SFS Triest 11th September 1916  
Reinl Adolf Korporal tit. Zugsführer FliK 61 29th May 1920 Posthumous; KIA 17th June 1918
Renner Alexander Feldwebel FliK 34 24th October 1917  
Rippl Richard Fähnrich d.Res. SFS Triest 21st November 1917  
Ritschl Franz Stabsfeldwebel FliK 44 26th August 1918 Posthumous; died in air crash 30th January 1918
Rixinger Johann Fliegermaat SFS Kumbor 7th September 1918  
Rose Karl Zugsführer FliK 7 28th August 1916  
Rost Hermann Zugsführer FliK 10 10th April 1917 Posthumous; died of wounds 3rd October 1916
Rottmann Georg Korporal FliK 4 11th January 1919 Posthumous; KIA 27th February 1918
Röver Oskar Fregattenleutnant SFS Triest 3rd December 1917 Posthumous; KIA 16th November 1917
Rühr Ferdinand Offiziersstellvertreter FliK 47 9th April 1919 Posthumous; KIA 19th June 1918
Rumiha Karl Feldwebel FliK 9 10th April 1917  
Sailer Karl Feldwebel FliK 35 26th March 1918 Posthumous; KIA 14th July 1917
Schantl Josef Zugsführer FliK 19 28th December 1918 Posthumous; KIA 5th February 1918
Schmid August Korporal FliK 32 24th October 1917 KIA near Stalingrad in WW2
Schmidt Josef Korporal FliK 3 15th May 1918  
Schmidt Kasimir Fähnrich d.Res. UR 13 att. FliK 14 10th April 1917  
Schobesberger Franz Feldwebel FliK 26 31st August 1918  
Schramek Franz Stabsfeldwebel FliK 34 28th December 1918  
Schremser Paul Korporal FliK 39 29th May 1920  
Schüller Alfons Offiziersstellvertreter FliK 8 11th November 1918  
Schuster Richard Feldwebel FliK 21 26th January 1918  
Schwarz Wenzel Zugsführer FliK 24 16th January 1917  
Segner Rudolf Korporal FliK 36 28th March 1918  
Sewera Maximilian See-Fähnrich SFS Kumbor 11th September 1916 KIA 27th September 1917
Skubal Josef Zugsführer FliK 35 24th August 1918  
Skvor Johann Feldwebel FliK 27 9th April 1919 Posthumous; KIA 18th May 1918
Sollary Stephan Feldwebel FliK 4 22nd January 1919  
Spenn Otto Feldwebel FliK 55 29th May 1920 Posthumous; KIA 15th July 1918
Stolba Rudolf Zugsführer FliK 8 29th November 1915 KIA 6th May 1916
Strecker Ernst Fähnrich d.Res. SFS Pola/Puntisella 15th January 1918  
Szabo Karl Ldst-Korporal FliK 69 23rd July 1919  
Szakranszky Johann Feldwebel FliK 2 6th July 1918 Posthumous; KIA 2nd October 1917
Szatóry Joseph Ldst-Zugsführer FliK 11 31st August 1918 Posthumous; KIA 13rd June 1917
Szöllösy Stephan (Istvan) Zugsführer FliK 38 26th August 1918  
Sztavjanik Eduard tit. Fliegermeister SFS Kumbor 7th September 1918 Died on the 23rd September 1971 at Wien
Szwitek Joseph Zugsführer FliK 37 31st August 1918 Posthumous; KIA 25th June 1918
Takács Ferdinand Feldwebel FliK 42 22nd January 1919  
Tarangul von Valea et Utsei Heinrich Fähnrich d.Res. rtSCHRgt 5 att. FliK 13 17th November 1917  
Técsi Ludwig (Lajos) Zugsführer FliK 26 31st August 1918  
Teichmann Karl Zugsführer FliK 60 27th November 1918 Died in 1927 at Graz. 5 Victories
Thaler Ludwig Ldst-Zugsführer FliK 56 11th September 1920  
Till Ernst Zugsführer FliK 13 6th October 1915  
Tschamler Rudolf Fähnrich d.Res. FJB 22 att. FliK 11 4th June 1917  
Unger Johann Ldst-Feldwebel FliK 66 28th February 1920 Posthumous; died of wounds 31st August 1918
Unger Walter Fähnrich d.Res. SFS Kumbor 7th September 1918  
Vaczkó Ladislaus Zugsführer FliK 35 8th September 1917 Posthumous; died in air crash 14th February 1917
Vámos Ludwig (Lajos) See-Kadett SFS Pola 29th April 1916 Died in air crash 13th August 1916
Varga Johann Feldwebel FliK 11 15th June 1915 Died in air crash 7th May 1916
Varza Trajan Korporal FliK 26 31st August 1918 Posthumous; KIA 2nd August 1917
Vidra Karl Feldwebel FliK 26 3rd July 1920  
Vio Ferruccio Maria See-Kadett SFS Pola/Puntisella 10th October 1917 Posthumous; died in air crash 20th September 1917
Vratil Joseph Zugsführer FliK 14 29th May 1920  
Winkler Ernst Zugsführer SchR.2 att. FliK 4  1st Jan 1918 Killed in action 30th January 1918
Wognár Stephan Franz Feldwebel FliK 2 10th November 1917 5 Victories
Wolf Anton Feldwebel FliK 12 18th September 1920  
Ziegler Eugen Zugsführer FliK 51 22nd January 1919 Posthumous; KIA 21st February 1918
Zimmermann Viktor Feldwebel FliK 13 22nd August 1917  

Winners of a Golden Bravery Medal for Officers:

NAME RANK UNIT publishing DATE NOTES
Banfield Gottfried Freiherr von Linienschiffsleutnant (FP+SF) Kommandant SFS Triest 19th June 1918 Died at Trieste in September 1986. 9 Victories
Brumowski Godwin Hauptmann (FP) rtArtRgt 8 Kommandant FliK 41 20th February 1918 Died in air crash 3rd June 1936 near Amsterdam. 35 Victories
Fiala Ritter von Fernbrugg Benno Oberleutnant d.Res. (FP) swArtRgt 1 Kommandant FliK 51 4th October 1918 Died at Vienna on the 29th October 1964. 28 Victories
Gsöllpointner Karl Oberleutnant d.Res. (FP) FdArtRgt 3 att. FliK 17 29th June 1918  
Kenzian Georg Oberleutnant (FP) SappBaon 25 Chefpilot FliK 55 20th April 1918 9 Victories
Lang Viktor Oberleutnant (BO) IR 88 att. FliK 28 18th April 1918  
Linke-Crawford Frank Oberleutnant (FP) DR 6 Chefpilot FliK 41 16th March 1918 KIA 31th July 1918. 27 Victories
Makláry Béla vitéz Oberleutnant d.Res. (FP) rtHonvArtDion Kommandant FliK 1 3rd October 1931 Changed his name from Macourek to Makláry. 5 Victories
Mörath Edgar Leutnant d.Res. (FP) FliK 61 23rd December 1931 Died in February 1969
Stoisavljevic Raoul Hauptmann (FP) FJB 21 Kommandant FliK 16 10th April 1918 Died in air crash 2nd September 1930 near Garmisch-Partenkrichen. 10 Victories
Szalay Ernö (Ernst) Hauptmann (FP) honvIR 13 Kommandant FliK 62 17th April 1918  
Yllam Julius Hauptmann (FP) Kommandant FliK 3 27th June 1922 Changed his name from Mally to Yllam; died at Klagenfurt on the 15th January 1942

Not clearly confirmed awards:

1.) Wognar Stephan, born on the 6th of January 1890 at Nagyszombat near Pozsony, who received the Golden Bravery Medal as Feldpilot and Feldwebel in FliK 2 in 1917, published on the 10th of November 1917. According to some "important" aviation historians it was rumored that he had received the golden medal shortly after this date a second time but this was wrong and could not be confirmed by his files or any other publication! It was true that he had been recommended by his commanding officer for a second award but this was changed to a Silver Bravery Medal 1st class - incidentally between November 1917 and the end of the war he received the Silver Bravery Medal 1st class three times!

2.) Zebisch Eugen, born on the 16th of September 1889 at Landeck,  received the Golden Bravery Medal as an Oberjäger in 4.TKJ in 1915, published on the 18th of September 1915. Following this, he volunteered for the Luftfahrttruppe and was trained as pilot and at least saw some action on the Italian front. During the war he received all the bravery medals and was wounded five times! Long after the war, when he volunteered for the German Luftwaffe in 1939, he claimed by himself that he had received the Golden Bravery Medal a second time and the Field pilots badge for his performance as a pilot at the end of October 1918. During World War II he wore the medal with bar and the badge until he died in action on the 16th of January 1945 near Bozen. The second award and the Field pilots badge could not be confirmed by any documents or serious sources and it seems strange to me that he did not write a single word about all this (and gave his birthday as the 23rd of September 1890) when he was asked by the Society of the Golden Bravery Medal Winners for their planned book in April 1937!

3.) According to the published list of one of  the above named "important" aviation historians the following men also received the Golden Bravery Medal : Fähnrich d.Res. (BO) Hugo Hierse of the InfRgt 20 att. FliK 34, born 1896 at Biala (Galicia); Korporal Johann Ollinger of FliK 17, KIA on the 9th June 1918; Zugsführer (FP) Karl Pochobradsky of FliK 61 and Korporal (FP) Rudolf Simoncsics of FliK 36, born 1896 at Pressbaum (Lower Austria). None of these awards could be confirmed by any official publication and certainly not by their files! All 4 of these individuals were recommended by their commanding officers for this high award but the recommendations were subsequently amended by higher commanders to Silver Bravery Medals 1st class!

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