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)

these badges came in three versions: this style with this reverse

Gilmore in June 1936 for his service 2nd Infantry prior to discharge in October 1898

both boots lined in a brownish-green felt

who went on to become a famous chemist and experimental physicist

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