Austria, Imperial. An Austro-Hungarian Pilot Badge, By Rothe, C. 1965 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac It appears unsharpened with a

It appears unsharpened with a semi-sharp tip

58 mm x 46

white cotton mesh with overlaying brown paper backer

with an utter disregard of heavy shell and machine gun fire led his crew to an advanced position

LZ 130" (Baptism D-LZ 130) above and "GRAF ZEPPELIN // 100

Austria, Imperial. An Austro-Hungarian Pilot Badge, By Rothe, C. 1965 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac It appears unsharpened with a(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen). A post war representation by Rothe, consisting of bronze gilt badge featuring a gilt bronze eagle clutching gilt lightning bolts, fastened onto an open ended oval shaped and white enamelled laurel wreath via two rivets visible on the reverse, towards the top of the badge is a white enamelled shield featuring the black enameled cipher of Karl I, while the bottom of the wreath is decorated with the coat of arms