Austria, Empire. A Field Pilot's Badge, Type Ii, Karl I (1917) Buy Now both military and civil

both military and civil

He flew his first combat missions in the campaign against France and achieved his first aerial victory during the Battle of Britain on August 28

he lived with relatives in the US where he finished high school and studied at the University of Missouri

serving with the United States Army

Austria, Empire. A Field Pilot's Badge, Type Ii, Karl I (1917) Buy Now both military and civilTwo 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