Austria, Empire. An Emperial Austro-Hungarian Pilot’s Cap Badge GTRexclude grey threads on on olive-grey

grey threads on on olive-grey backer

Footnote: Approximately 50 medals with the dated reverse were issued

26 mm x 75 mm)

A 1936 Niedersachsen-Braunschweig SA Gruppe Wettkampftage badge

Austria, Empire. An Emperial Austro-Hungarian Pilot’s Cap Badge GTRexclude grey threads on on olive-grey(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