Austria, Empire. A Field Pilot's Badge, Type Ii, Karl I (1917) Archive An Afrikakorps Campaign Cufftitle -

An Afrikakorps Campaign Cufftitle - Silver bullion inscription "AFRIKAKORPS" on a forest green embroidered background flanked by silver bullion borders

1922 by royal decree and awarded to Belgian citizens deported to Germany for forced labour during the First World War

Both events significantly increased the demand for photographs

Footnote: Only 1252 awarded

reinforced in the armpits with crescent-shaped patches

Austria, Empire. A Field Pilot's Badge, Type Ii, Karl I (1917) Archive An Afrikakorps Campaign Cufftitle -Two 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