Austria, Empire. An Emperial Austro-Hungarian Pilot Badge, C. 1918 Hold excellent quality tabs

excellent quality tabs

silvering remains in place on the reverse

bearing the facsimile of the Führer and Reichs-Chancellor

physical training and drilling

affixed to a silver base

Austria, Empire. An Emperial Austro-Hungarian Pilot Badge, C. 1918 Hold excellent quality tabs(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen). Issued 1917 1918. Two piece construction, consisting of a patinated bronze eagle clutching gilt lightning bolts, fastened onto an open ended oval shaped and white enameled laurel wreath via two rivets visible on the reverse, towards the top of the badge is a white enameled shield featuring the black enameled cipher of Karl I, while the bottom of the wreath is decorated with the coat of arms of the Austro