Richard Verderber (January 23, 1884 – September 8, 1955) was an

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

n fencer who competed in the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad () and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 6 July and 22 July 1912. The opening ceremony was he ...

. He was part of the Austrian sabre team, which won the silver medal. He won the bronze medal in the individual foil event.

Military ranks

* Kadett-Offiziersstellvertreter: 1 September 1902 *

Leutnant () is the lowest junior officer rank in the armed forces of Germany ( Bundeswehr), the Austrian Armed Forces, and the military of Switzerland. History The German noun (with the meaning "" (in English "deputy") from Middle High German «locum ...

: 1 November 1903 *

Hauptmann () is an officer rank in the armies of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. It is usually translated as ''captain''. Background While in contemporary German means 'main', it also has, and originally had, the meaning of 'head', i.e. ' literall ...

: 1 January 1915 *

Major Major most commonly refers to: * Major (rank), a military rank * Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits * People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames * Major and minor in musi ...

: 1 January 1920 * Oberstlieutenant: January 1929 *

Oberst ''Oberst'' () is a senior field officer rank in several German language, German-speaking and Scandinavian countries, equivalent to Colonel. It is currently used by both the Army, ground and air forces of Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, a ...

: 15 March 1934

Decorations and honors

* Austrian Merit Order in Bronze and Silver *

Order of the Iron Crown The Order of the Iron Crown () was an order of merit that was established on 5 June 1805 in the Kingdom of Italy by Napoleon Bonaparte under his title of Napoleon I, King of Italy. The order took its name from the ancient Iron Crown of Lombard ...

* Military Merit Cross *

Karl Troop Cross The Karl Troop Cross () was instituted on 13 December 1916 by Emperor Karl I of Austria-Hungary. The cross was awarded for service up to the end of the First World War to soldiers and sailors of all arms of the Austro-Hungarian armed forces, regar ...

References

External links

Richard Verderber's profile on databaseolympics.com
* 1884 births 1955 deaths People from Kočevje Austrian male foil fencers Austrian male sabre fencers Olympic fencers for Austria Fencers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Austria Olympic bronze medalists for Austria Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Theresian Military Academy alumni {{Austria-fencing-bio-stub