Austrian border sign WW1

[valiant]

Hi Guys,

Does anyone know for certainty what the Austrian border signs looked like during the outbreak of WW1, please?

I have the (very) old Hinchliffe 75mm Benassi figure that I am working on at the moment and the instructions state that the border sign is a " black enamelled plate with a yellow eagle" on it. However, all the sources and pics I can find say that this is reversed, with a black eagle on a yellow backgound?

Can anyone assist, please?

Thanks in anticipation,

Steve

 

[akaryu]

I'd go for the black eagle on the yellow background, sounds the more probable. The border markers were striped yellow/black diagonally.

 

[akaryu]

Two period postcards:

 

[Nap]

Found this original one ...
All metal

Nap

 

[polyphemus]

The April 1976 issue of Military Modelling included an article on Julian Benassi's figures produced by Hinchliffe Models & this included a photo of this figure painted & displaying the face of the sign. I'm pretty sure, it was 40 years ago, the sign is a black eagle on a yellow background with other heraldic devices, red & white stripes etc.

Geoff

 

[valiant]

Many thanks to all who've posted here - it seems to bear out my refs, too, so I shall go for the black eagle on yellow, with black/yellow striped pole!

cheers,

 

[peedee]

Many thanks to all who've posted here - it seems to bear out my refs, too, so I shall go for the black eagle on yellow, with black/yellow striped pole! cheers,

Sorry Steve it's actually yellow/black not black/yellow.


Paul.

 

[valiant]

Thanks for clearing that one up- its difficult to make out on the pics.......!!!

 

[theBaron]

I'm with the others, in that my instinctive response would be black eagle on a yellow background. I was surprised that none of my web searches turned up any images at all of Austrian border signs circa 1900 through 1914.

Prost!
Brad

 

[Chris Ribchester]

I would have said black eagle on yellow background, at the time 1900-1914 it was part of the Austrian/Hungarian empire, see link for coat of arms
http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=File:Ooshong.gif