mounted to a silver nine-pointed star base
He was promoted to the rank of Acting Sergeant whilst covering a vacancy of Sergeant Instructor
the badge appears on pages 274-277 of Stephen Thomas Previtera’s “Imperial Sky: Flight Badges of the Imperial German and Bavarian Armies
designed to be fed through one of the nine die-holes on the main strap for a secure fit
which meant few visitors at one time to the office
Austria-Hungary, Empire. A First World War Landwehr Cap Badge Province of China mounted to a silver nine-pointed(K. u. K. Kappenabzeichen). Constructed of toned zink with gilt, the obverse bearing a raised horn surrounding a number 35, topped by an Iron Cross circumscribed by dates 1914, 1915, 1916, all surrounded by a laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat catch, unmarked, measuring 32 mm (w) x 46 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.