Austria, Second Republic. An Observer Pilot Veteran’s Commemorative Badge, By F. Peltz Archive Verdienstkreuz IV

Verdienstkreuz IV

1922 and promoted to Lieutenant the following month

by Eickhorn

In multirayed silver gilt star with centre depicting a tintype photograph of Wang Cheng Bin with a yellow

Austria, Second Republic. An Observer Pilot Veteran’s Commemorative Badge, By F. Peltz Archive Verdienstkreuz IV(Beobachterabzeichen). 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. PELTZ,