Austria, Empire. A Naval Pilot’s Badge, Type I, Museum Piece, by C.F. Rothe, c. 1965 Auction Archive A third reich period KDF

A third reich period KDF (Kraft durch Freude/Strength through Joy) “Fahrt mit uns” badge

and one of the few German two-seater aces

Instituted December 29

this rare cap is in an overall extremely fine condition

During the Battle of Rostov he seized a vital bridge over the River Don

Austria, Empire. A Naval Pilot’s Badge, Type I, Museum Piece, by C.F. Rothe, c. 1965 Auction Archive A third reich period KDF(Marine Pilotenabzeichen). Type I (Museum Copy Originally Issued 1915). A vertically oriented oval silver badge, the obverse consisting of an oval ring with red white red striped enamels, the top decorated with a silver albatross with a black enameled badge at the bottom with a fouled anchor and royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge, broad and flat vertical pointed pinback and flat catch, marked C. F. Rothe on the obverse of the pinback,