Austro-Hungarian Empire: Patriotic WW1
Cap Badge of the Imperial and Royal (KuK)
Aviation Troops of the Austro-Hungarian
Army (KuKLFT).
The Imperial and Royal (KuK) Aviation Troops
was established in 1893 as a balloon corps.
It was re-organized in 1912 and remained
under the command of Major Emil Uzelac
until the end of WW1 in 1918.
The KuKLFT saw combat action mainly on the
Eastern Front and Italian Front. Its aircraft
were either domestically built or imported
from Germany (main types: Lohner, Albatros,
Aviatik, Lloyd, Fokker,Hansa-Brandenburg,
Knoller, Oeffag, Phoenix, Ufag and Etrich
Taube).
Notable is that while a total of 5431 aircraft
had been produced for the KuKLFT during
the 4 years of WW1, its strength had peaked
at only 550 operational aircraft, despite
having 4 fronts to cover.
A rare badge.
WW1 1914 1918
Item 100% original
Condition as on the photos
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