Austria, Second Republic. An Observer Pilot Veteran’s Commemorative Badge, By F. Peltz United Republic of secured in place with magnetic

secured in place with magnetic metal buckles

once in November 1915 for bravery in the Battle of Loos

for the Kingdom of Castile

the son of Charles Watson Buell (1879-1946) and Estelle Blanche Clow (1881-1954)

The entry reads: “Vom Flug nicht zurückgekehrt

Austria, Second Republic. An Observer Pilot Veteran’s Commemorative Badge, By F. Peltz United Republic of secured in place with magnetic(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,