Austria, Empire. An Emperial Austro-Hungarian Pilot’s Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity with its mint period-original broad

with its mint period-original broad cornflower blue ribbon

his rating changed from Coxswain to Boatswain Mate Second Class on October 1

eyelets on the uppers exhibit surface rust

surmounted by a Tudor crown in silver gilt

with double-claw prongs and a stamped catch

Austria, Empire. An Emperial Austro-Hungarian Pilot’s Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity with its mint period-original broad(Piloten Mtzenabzeichen). Constructed of zink, the obverse consisting of an open ended oval oak wreath, with an eagle at the bottom of the badge clutching a propeller, with the top of the wreath decorated by the coat of arms of the Austro Hungarian Empire. Superimposed onto the badge is a banner that is inscribed K. u. K. LUFTFAHRTENTRUPPE, with a vertical pinback, measuring 31. 87 mm (w) x 42. 78 mm (h), in overall good condition.