Austria, Ii Republic. A Pilot’s Badge, Rothe Manufacture C.1970 Hold The aircraft had been airborne

The aircraft had been airborne about ten minutes before it crashed near Hambledon

transferred and attached to HMS Maidstone on June 30

3 participation certificates for the Reichsberufswettkampf (Reich Vocational Contest) of 1936

edged by yellow “weiß” Waffenfarbe piping

Austria, Ii Republic. A Pilot’s Badge, Rothe Manufacture C.1970 Hold The aircraft had been airborne(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a green enameled oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by an enameled monogram of Emperor Franz Joseph, topped by a royal crown, overlaid by an Austrian style imperial eagle in mid flight, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a rounded