Austria, Empire. A Field Pilot's Badge, Type Ii, Karl I (1917) Auction posters urged people to donate

posters urged people to donate rather to give directly to beggars

/ Born June 24th

Wrapped around the crossguard and pommel is a portepee

with gold wash being well preserved

Comes in five classes

Austria, Empire. A Field Pilot's Badge, Type Ii, Karl I (1917) Auction posters urged people to donateTwo piece construction, bronze gilt eagle, affixed to a base in bronze gilt with red, white and green enamels, the base illustrating a wreath of oak leaves with the shield on Karl I at its bottom and surmounted by the Austrian and Hungarian crowns, measuring 60. 5 mm (w) x 59 mm (h), vertical pinback, chipping evident in the green enamels on the wreath, crazing in the white enamels on the shield, the cross on the Hungarian crown broken off, overall