Austria, Imperial. An Austro-Hungarian Pilot & Radio Operator’s Badge, C.1918 GTRexclude six are maker marked "Drago"

six are maker marked "Drago"

Across pattée of multi-piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border

It tore through the rigging

inscribed "ORFANO DI GUERRA" with branches of laurel leaves below the figures

some loss of paint to the scabbard

Austria, Imperial. An Austro-Hungarian Pilot & Radio Operator’s Badge, C.1918 GTRexclude six are maker marked "Drago"(Flugzeugfhrer und Bordfunkerabzeichen). Constructed of gilded zink with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a white enameled laurel wreath, joined together at the bottom by Austrian and Hungarian coats of arms, topped by a monogram of Karl I, overlaid by a central eagle clutching dual lightning bolts, the reverse with a missing vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 55. 57 mm (w) x 57. 86 mm (h), loss of finish evident in addition to the