Austria, Empire. An Emperial Austro-Hungarian Pilot Badge, C. 1918 Hold Cord is fabricated from green

Cord is fabricated from green rayon interlaced with fine copper-coloured aluminum wire

Linking men through their experience of the war

also numbered “11”

silvering remains in place on the reverse

Instituted in 1866

Austria, Empire. An Emperial Austro-Hungarian Pilot Badge, C. 1918 Hold Cord is fabricated from green(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