Austria, Empire. A Field Pilot's Badge, Type Ii, Karl I (1917) Auction 31mm(width) x x56

31mm(width) x x56

He was working as an office clerk with Evangeline Beverages of Toronto before entering the military

when in 1671

It was also noted in his medical examination that he had multiple tattoos

Austria, Empire. A Field Pilot's Badge, Type Ii, Karl I (1917) Auction 31mm(width) x x56Two 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