Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Iron Crown, Knight, C.1918 Newly Listed The Royal Army Air Service

The Royal Army Air Service introduced badges for flight crews

trimmed with twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire and bearing hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire insignia

including a torpedo mechanic badge

measuring 225 mm (w) x 338 mm (h)

with an artillery piece behind the disk

Austria, Imperial. An Order Of The Iron Crown, Knight, C.1918 Newly Listed The Royal Army Air Service(Kaiserlicher Orden der Eisernen Krone). Instituted in 1805. Type III. (1860 1918). Civil Division. Multi piece construction, in bronze gilt with red, white, green and blue enamels, measuring 29mm (w) x 57. 3mm (h inclusive of cross adorned horizontally pierced ball), weighs 21. 9 grams (including ribbon), worn on original ribbon via an elongated loop with white enamel details, unmarked but of Rothe manufacture, enamel wear on the crown, light gilt