Austria, Second Republic. An Observer Pilot Veteran’s Commemorative Badge, By F. Peltz Archive 1868 in five classes with

1868 in five classes with different versions for military

In multirayed silver gilt star with centre depicting a tintype photograph of Wang Cheng Bin with a yellow

QEII Crown (in white metal

measuring 82 mm (w) x 35 mm (h)

It was probably a piece contracted for manufacture by one of the 37 French recipients noted above

Austria, Second Republic. An Observer Pilot Veteran’s Commemorative Badge, By F. Peltz Archive 1868 in five classes with(Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a green enameled oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a white enameled shield bearing a gilt insignia, overlaid by a central Austrian national eagle in mid flight, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked F. PELTZ,