Austria, Ii Republic. A Pilot’s Badge, Rothe Manufacture C.1970 Buy Now surface oxidation evident on both

surface oxidation evident on both sides

1944 and was an Army Counsellor at No

holed at the top for wearing as a decoration

1 Division Rest Station wounded on July 26

the reverse bears a number of illegible hand-etched inscriptions

Austria, Ii Republic. A Pilot’s Badge, Rothe Manufacture C.1970 Buy Now surface oxidation evident on both(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a green enameled oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by an enameled monogram of Emperor Franz Joseph, topped by a royal crown, overlaid by an Austrian style imperial eagle in mid flight, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a rounded