Austria, Second Republic. An Army Pilot Veteran’s Commemorative Badge, By F. Peltz Auction Archive each cuff with three vertically

each cuff with three vertically arranged brown plastic buttons on the outside panel

Instituted 22 October 1849 by Emperor Franz Joseph I

The hanger waist belt features a two-piece construction

at the age of 26

He embarked to France on 16th January 1916 and served there until 11th March 1919

Austria, Second Republic. An Army Pilot Veteran’s Commemorative Badge, By F. Peltz Auction Archive each cuff with three vertically(Heeres Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a green enameled oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a white enameled shield bearing a gilt insignia, overlaid by a central Austrian national eagle in mid flight, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked F.