Austria, Empire. An Emperial Austro-Hungarian Pilot’s Cap Badge Auction they manhandled their guns off

they manhandled their guns off the train at Theunissen at about 1600 hours

the box with light soiling on the lid and measuring 230 mm (w) x 230 mm (l) x 140 mm (h)

all attached to a boutonniere with five ribbons - one being the ribbon for the Prussian Red Eagle Order

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All with their respective ribbons mounted onto a medal bar

Austria, Empire. An Emperial Austro-Hungarian Pilot’s Cap Badge Auction they manhandled their guns off(Piloten Mtzenabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombac, the obverse consisting of an open ended oval oak wreath, with an eagle crouching at the top of the badge, and the bottom of the wreath decorated with the coat of arms of the Austro Hungarian Empire. Superimposed onto the badge is a single airplane propeller marked K. u. K. LUFTFAHRTENTRUPPE, the reverse plain, with a vertical needle pinback, marked Arkanzas on the reverse, measuring 29. 11 mm