Austria, Empire. A Field Pilot's Badge, Type Ii, Karl I (1917) Auction when in 1671

when in 1671

issued to Driver L

He was working as an office clerk with Evangeline Beverages of Toronto before entering the military

with gold wash being well preserved

Austria, Empire. A Field Pilot's Badge, Type Ii, Karl I (1917) Auction when in 1671Two 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