Austria, Empire. A Field Pilot's Badge, Type Ii, Karl I (1917) Auction Archive Thurmann took U-553 out on

Thurmann took U-553 out on nine patrols in 1941 and 1942

obverse centre with silver beaded surround

twenty-two Assorted Aircraft Photographs (black and white

maker marked "AWS" within a coat-of-arms (A

Austria, Empire. A Field Pilot's Badge, Type Ii, Karl I (1917) Auction Archive Thurmann took U-553 out onTwo piece construction, bronze gilt eagle, affixed to a base in bronze gilt with red, white and green enamels, the base illustrating a wreath of oak leaves with the shield on Karl I at its bottom and surmounted by the Austrian and Hungarian crowns, measuring 60. 5 mm (w) x 59 mm (h), vertical pinback, chipping evident in the green enamels on the wreath, crazing in the white enamels on the shield, the cross on the Hungarian crown broken off, overall