Austria, Empire. An Emperial Austro-Hungarian Pilot’s Cap Badge Hold 25 Years Faithful service cross

25 Years Faithful service cross

3rd Class (silver and white enamels

By maker "21"

now Killed in Action

who would be killed in the crash of the Hindenburg at Lakehurst eight and a half years later

Austria, Empire. An Emperial Austro-Hungarian Pilot’s Cap Badge Hold 25 Years Faithful service cross(Piloten Mtzenabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombac, the obverse consisting of an open ended oval oak wreath, with an eagle crouching at the top of the badge, and the bottom of the wreath decorated with the coat of arms of the Austro Hungarian Empire. Superimposed onto the badge is a single airplane propeller marked K. u. K. LUFTFAHRTENTRUPPE, the reverse plain, with a vertical needle pinback, marked Arkanzas on the reverse, measuring 29. 11 mm