Germany, Austria, Hungary, Turkey. A First War Lot of Nine Lapel Badges Newly Listed Aircraft were stacked above their

Aircraft were stacked above their home airfields hoping for an approach but as the night went on one after another crashed on approach or when they ran out of fuel

a regimental card

measuring 51 mm x 26 mm

with majority of gilt remaining

with loss of enamels

Germany, Austria, Hungary, Turkey. A First War Lot of Nine Lapel Badges Newly Listed Aircraft were stacked above theirIncludes: All eight are in bronze with various colours of enamels, four with a two piece construction, some are marked, in various sizes, each with a horizontal pinback: (i) Imperial German Naval Ensign within a circular frame; (ii) Austrian coat of arms on a yellow patterned background; (iii) Right facing Bust of Emperor Franz Joseph I backed by the colours of Austria; (iv) Crowned busts of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Emperor Franz Joseph I and inscribed