Austria, Ii Republic. A Pilot’s Badge, Rothe Manufacture C.1970 Buy Now Klasse mit Krone und Etui)

Klasse mit Krone und Etui)

the reverse bears a number of illegible hand-etched inscriptions

surface oxidation evident on both sides

" and "2nd" on the lid

1 Division Rest Station wounded on July 26

Austria, Ii Republic. A Pilot’s Badge, Rothe Manufacture C.1970 Buy Now Klasse mit Krone und Etui)(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