Austria, Imperial. A Pilot/Radio Operator Badge, Karl I. C.1918 certificate_of_authenticity It was awarded to officers

It was awarded to officers for exceptional deeds on the battlefield

which was later changed to his wife

He returned to duty with Far East Command (U

" Die-stamped bronze gilt tin

as well as “57” for size

Austria, Imperial. A Pilot/Radio Operator Badge, Karl I. C.1918 certificate_of_authenticity It was awarded to officers(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen). A late war badge of two piece construction, consisting of a patinated bronze eagle clutching gilt lightning bolts, fastened onto an open ended oval shaped and white enamelled laurel wreath via two rivets visible on the reverse, towards the top of the badge is a white enamelled shield featuring the black enamelled cipher of Karl I, while the bottom of the wreath is decorated with the coat of arms of the Austro