WWI Austria-Hungary Air Crew Badge - Emperor Karl I - Oberstein - RARE - 1917 for Sale

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WWI Austria-Hungary Air Crew Badge - Emperor Karl I - Oberstein - RARE - 1917 For Sale

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WWI Austria-Hungary Air Crew Badge - Emperor Karl I - Oberstein - RARE - 1917:
$1000.00

Beautiful and extremely rare original World War I (1) Austrian-Hungary Air Crew Badge(1917 Luftfahrerabzeichen) from the Emperor Karl I era in GREAT condition!This badge was awarded to aircraft-observers and balloon-pilots. A total of 837 were awarded from 1917 to 1918.
Features the Friedrich Keller Oberstein hallmark on the back.
Medal is in great condition for it's age. Medal and all of it's parts and pieces are 100% authentic and original with a money back guarantee and return policy.
This medal is from the esteemed collection of Allan Zakrzewski, WWI historian, member of Cross and Cockade International and Orders and Medals Society of America. He was also a Charter member of The League of World War One Aviation Historians. In 2001, he became an editor for Over the Front quarterly magazine and while a member of the Gulf Cost Chapter of the League of WWI Aviation Historians, he earned the Thornton D. Hooper Award for Excellence for his article on "Monoplane Fighters of World War I." In 2007, he received his second Thornton D. Hooper Award for "An Evening with Rodney Williams, 17th Aero Squadron." Much of his collection is on display at the University of Texas at Dallas' Eugene McDermott Library.
Medal will be well protected and shipped and wrapped for USPS Priority Mail. Please feel free to ask questions and make an offer!
Return Policy:Authenticity is guaranteed with a 30-day full return policy. Item must be returned in it's original condition upon purchase for full money-back return.
Inventory - AHFP 6