Austria, Imperial. An Austro-Hungarian Pilot/Radio Operator Badge, Karl I, C.1918 certificate_of_authenticity the twelve o’clock arm decorated

the twelve o’clock arm decorated by the letter “E” in Gold in honour of Ernst Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha

NAHE" maker mark and dated "1939" on the leather tab

constructed of pressed cardstock

Across the obverse is a scroll inscribed "Sangue Do Brasil" (Blood of Brazil)

202 mm x 267 mm

Austria, Imperial. An Austro-Hungarian Pilot/Radio Operator Badge, Karl I, C.1918 certificate_of_authenticity the twelve o’clock arm decorated(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen). A late war badge consisting of a silver eagle clutching lightning bolts, fastened onto an open ended oval shaped and white enamelled laurel wreath via two rivets visible on the reverse, towards the top of the badge is a white enamelled shield featuring the black enamelled cipher of Karl I, while the bottom of the wreath is decorated with the coat of arms of the Austro Hungarian Empire, the reverse plain, with a