Germany, Austria, Hungary, Turkey. A First War Lot of Nine Lapel Badges Newly Listed After three weeks at West

After three weeks at West Bridgford

The Order was often conferred on non-Turkish nationals

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

with loss of enamels

with majority of gilt remaining

Germany, Austria, Hungary, Turkey. A First War Lot of Nine Lapel Badges Newly Listed After three weeks at WestIncludes: 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