Austria Empire. An Emperial Austro Hungarian Pilot Sweetheart Boutonniere Auction featuring a horizontal pinback for

featuring a horizontal pinback for uniform attachment

This type of the cross was issued very early and probably less then few hundreds were awarded

is approximately 40

it fought in static combat between the rivers Maas and Mosel

1942" and hand inscribed with the museum mark "MNOH616" on the reverse cartouche

Austria Empire. An Emperial Austro Hungarian Pilot Sweetheart Boutonniere Auction featuring a horizontal pinback forConstructed of bronze, the obverse consisting of a green enameled oval shaped laurel wreath, with a red white red enameled Austrian flag at the top and a red enameled shield inscribed A. F. V. on the bottom, with an airplane superimposed at the top, with a boutonniere attachment on the reverse, marked AD. Bellada, Wien VII, 2. on the reverse, measuring 21. 00 mm (w) x 22. 94 mm (h), with the green enameled wreath partially damaged, in fair condition.