Austro-Hungarian Empire: WW1 Patriotic 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 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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