Austria, Imperial. An Austro-Hungarian Pilot & Radio Operator’s Badge, C.1918 certificate_of_authenticity The course took place at

The course took place at the Air Signals School in Halle/Saale (eastern Germany)

with four small brown buttons sewn on the left side facing an equal number of discreetly placed reinforced button holes on the right side

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circumscribed by title

affixed to the underlying forest green felt strap

Austria, Imperial. An Austro-Hungarian Pilot & Radio Operator’s Badge, C.1918 certificate_of_authenticity The course took place at(Flugzeugfhrer und Bordfunkerabzeichen). Constructed of gilded zink with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a white enameled laurel wreath, joined together at the bottom by Austrian and Hungarian coats of arms, topped by a monogram of Karl I, overlaid by a central eagle clutching dual lightning bolts, the reverse with a missing vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 55. 57 mm (w) x 57. 86 mm (h), loss of finish evident in addition to the