1919 in the 17th Reserve Battalion and survived the war
Bandsmen or hoboisten's for the Waffen SS were drawn from the rifle companies at a scale of 2 drummer and 2 fluters per company and bore the appointment of bugler (hornisten)
Footnote: Karl Ritter von Wessely was the commander of the Technical Military Academy in Mödling from 1914-15
Award Document for wound badge silver grade (5
The bluff had worked
Six Austrian Medal And Awards Archive 1919 in the 17th ReserveBravery Medal, Silver Grade 1st Class (Karl 1, 1917 1918) (silver, engraver marked "KAUTSCH" on the obverse, 40. 2 mm); Bravery Medal, Silver Grade 2nd Class (Karl 1, 1917 1918) (silver, engraver marked "KAUTSCH" on the obverse, 31. 2 mm); Honour Cross for Forty Years of Faithful Service (bronze gilt, 34 mm); Commemorative Cross 1848 1908 (bronze gilt, 36 mm); Mobilization Cross 1912 1913 (bronze gilt, 34. 8 mm); and War Commemorative Medal 1914 1918