Austria-Hungary, Imperial. A First War Austro-Hungarian Pilot Badge, c.1917 Archive 7 mm (h- inclusive of

7 mm (h- inclusive of its crown suspension)

both boots lined in a brownish-green felt

1st Class for Fifteen Years' Service (bronze

The brass scabbard has several minor depressons/"dings" to the lower obverse/reverse shell and edges with obverse shell decorated with a floral and oak leaf motif and an anchor on the upper scabbard between the floral embellished suspension bands

Austria-Hungary, Imperial. A First War Austro-Hungarian Pilot Badge, c.1917 Archive 7 mm (h- inclusive of(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen). A textbook Pilot badge, of two piece construction, consisting of a patinated silver eagle clutching gilt lightning bolts, fastened onto a bronze gilt open ended oval shaped and white enamelled laurel wreath via two rivets visible on the reverse, towards the top of the badge is a red and white enamelled shield featuring the black enamelled cipher of Karl I, while the bottom of the wreath is decorated with the