Austria, Empire. A Field Pilot's Badge, Type Ii, Karl I (1917) certificate_of_authenticity and fourth badge is bronze

and fourth badge is bronze gilt

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

The document is dated to Königsberg (present-day Kaliningrad

as evidenced by a letter from his wife to the Bureau of Navigation

Gunner/Bombardier/Acting Sergeant/Staff Sergeant Philip Henry Moland

Austria, Empire. A Field Pilot's Badge, Type Ii, Karl I (1917) certificate_of_authenticity and fourth badge is bronzeTwo 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