Austria, Empire. A Field Pilot's Badge, Type Ii, Karl I (1917) certificate_of_authenticity Not long after arrival

Not long after arrival

the cover printed in four-colour inks

as evidenced by a letter from his wife to the Bureau of Navigation

7 mm x 17 mm enamelled ribbon bar with button hole attachment

Type I on gray backing

Austria, Empire. A Field Pilot's Badge, Type Ii, Karl I (1917) certificate_of_authenticity Not long after arrivalTwo piece construction, bronze gilt eagle, affixed to a base in bronze gilt with red, white and green enamels, the base illustrating a wreath of oak leaves with the shield on Karl I at its bottom and surmounted by the Austrian and Hungarian crowns, measuring 60. 5 mm (w) x 59 mm (h), vertical pinback, chipping evident in the green enamels on the wreath, crazing in the white enamels on the shield, the cross on the Hungarian crown broken off, overall