Austria, Empire. A Field Pilot's Badge, Type Ii, Karl I (1917) certificate_of_authenticity returning to Canada aboard the

returning to Canada aboard the RMS Royal George

Not long after arrival

5 mm (w) x 80 mm (h) x 17 mm (d))

Type I on gray backing

Austria, Empire. A Field Pilot's Badge, Type Ii, Karl I (1917) certificate_of_authenticity returning to Canada aboard theTwo 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