Austria, Empire. An Emperial Austro-Hungarian Pilot’s Cap Badge GTRexclude grey threads on on olive-grey

grey threads on on olive-grey backer

Niggemeyer - Lt

” (Gesetzlich Geschützt/Protected by Law) and “30

being promoted to Corporal in January 1900

Austria, Empire. An Emperial Austro-Hungarian Pilot’s Cap Badge GTRexclude grey threads on on olive-grey(Piloten Mtzenabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombac, the obverse consisting of an open ended oval oak wreath, with an eagle crouching at the top of the badge, and the bottom of the wreath decorated with the coat of arms of the Austro Hungarian Empire. Superimposed onto the badge is a single airplane propeller marked K. u. K. LUFTFAHRTENTRUPPE, the reverse plain, with a vertical needle pinback, marked Arkanzas on the reverse, measuring 29. 11 mm