Austria, Ii Republic. A Pilot’s Badge, Rothe Manufacture C.1970 Newly Listed with intact prongs and slightly

with intact prongs and slightly bent from wear

many in the collecting community believe these were produced for Officers who previously served with the Imperial U-Boot arm

grade 5 (worn without lanyard)

light pitting

The British were able to shorten their lines

Austria, Ii Republic. A Pilot’s Badge, Rothe Manufacture C.1970 Newly Listed with intact prongs and slightly(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a green enameled oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by an enameled monogram of Emperor Franz Joseph, topped by a royal crown, overlaid by an Austrian style imperial eagle in mid flight, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a rounded