Austria, Imperial. A Pilot/Radio Operator Badge, Karl I. C.1918 Hold with tattered

with tattered

He embarked the Far East on September 19th

On the nights of January 1 and 2

measures 148 mm (w) x 105 mm (h)

The units started training in September 1918 but were never called into Federal service because the First World War had come to an end

Austria, Imperial. A Pilot/Radio Operator Badge, Karl I. C.1918 Hold with tattered(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