Austria, Empire. An Emperial Austro-Hungarian Pilot Badge, C. 1918 Archive It contains 24 Reichspfennig worth

It contains 24 Reichspfennig worth of postage

with its talons gripping a wreath swastika below

A 1934 Gau-Münsterland Gautag badge (28

Along with three large stars (in bronze with a silver ball in the center

circa 1940s issue

Austria, Empire. An Emperial Austro-Hungarian Pilot Badge, C. 1918 Archive It contains 24 Reichspfennig worth(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