An Austro-Hungarian Empire Patriotic Flyer's Badge certificate_of_authenticity green-tinged khaki wool upper

green-tinged khaki wool upper

Iron Cross and Silesian Eagle magnetic

which would mean he joined the Royal Navy sometime around 1909

Once in the French theatre

Scratch to the left of monarch's nose

An Austro-Hungarian Empire Patriotic Flyer's Badge certificate_of_authenticity green-tinged khaki wool upperAn Austro Hungarian Empire Patriotic Flyer's Badge Two piece construction, bronze gilt with red, white and black enamels, illustrating a pilot in the cockpit of a plane in flight, overlaying a wreath of oak leaves, the Austro Hungarian flag at the top of the wreath and an Iron Cross at the bottom, 34 mm x 45. 2 mm, horizontal pinback, intact enamels, scattered surface residue, light contact, near extremely fine.