Austria-Hungary, Imperial. A First War Austro-Hungarian Pilot Badge, c.1917 visually-hidden in March 1945 the Seventh

in March 1945 the Seventh pushed into Germany proper and participated in the conquest of the Reich itself

followed by a five page Introduction

measures 66 mm (w) x 116 mm (h) x 20 mm (d)

propaganda crosses

the plate is marked “O PERKONS A

Austria-Hungary, Imperial. A First War Austro-Hungarian Pilot Badge, c.1917 visually-hidden in March 1945 the Seventh(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen). A textbook Pilot badge, of two piece construction, consisting of a patinated silver eagle clutching gilt lightning bolts, fastened onto a bronze gilt open ended oval shaped and white enamelled laurel wreath via two rivets visible on the reverse, towards the top of the badge is a red and white enamelled shield featuring the black enamelled cipher of Karl I, while the bottom of the wreath is decorated with the