Austria, Empire. A Field Pilot's Badge, Type Ii, Karl I (1917) Buy Now Tarnishing on the obverse

Tarnishing on the obverse

when he died on June 1

and the reverse with “Rudolf Souval

instituted in September 1941

all constructed of plastic

Austria, Empire. A Field Pilot's Badge, Type Ii, Karl I (1917) Buy Now Tarnishing on the obverseTwo piece construction, bronze gilt eagle, affixed to a base in bronze gilt with red, white and green enamels, the base illustrating a wreath of oak leaves with the shield on Karl I at its bottom and surmounted by the Austrian and Hungarian crowns, measuring 60. 5 mm (w) x 59 mm (h), vertical pinback, chipping evident in the green enamels on the wreath, crazing in the white enamels on the shield, the cross on the Hungarian crown broken off, overall