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

Tarnishing on the obverse

and the reverse with “Rudolf Souval

with remains of its original plastic backing

instituted in September 1941

serving with the United States Army

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