AUCTION 29: MILITARY ORDERS, DECORATIONS, ARMS AND ARMOR

Lot 16:

A WWI AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN PILOT OPERATOR BADGE

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Start price: $400

Estimated price: $600 - $800

Buyer's premium: 27%

Sales Tax: On buyer's premium only

A rare bronze and enamel badge of the pilot operator and radio operator (Flugzeugführer- und Bordfunkerabzeichen). Austro-Hungarian Empire. Imperial (Royal) Air Force. World War I. Model 1917.This is a post-war replacement for the original badge. Issued to the recipient of the original badge with the documented proof of the original award around 1940.

Dimensions: 2 1/4 in., (56 mm.)