Austria-Hungary - World War I Wings

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25 mm
R. Zapf, Wien
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Albert HönlingerCollection
06/20/2023
Note : The Army administration initially failed to provide a properly regulated course of flight instruction and this was left to the "K.K. Österreichischer Aero-Club". This club, under the patronage of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the honorary presidency of Max Egon Fürst zu Fürstenburg, Viktor Silberer and Franz Hinterstoisser had been founded in 1901 as the "Wiener Aero-Club" and subsequently renamed as the "K.K. Österreichischer Aero Club" in 1908.

In line with it's Hungarian counterpart, from 1910 on, it licensed pilots in accordance with the regulations of the "Fédération Aéronautique Internationale" (FAI) headquartered in Paris. The trainee pilots had to complete three orbital solo flights of at least five kilometres duration and land at a specific position with the machine no more than 150 metres from the specified point.

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Wire fasteners for the uniform loops
Warren Carroll Collection
1/19/2002
Austria-Hungarian Army Field Pilot- Emperor Franz Joseph I era.
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60 mm wingspan
65 mm

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Albert Hönlinger Collection
10/11/2019
Army Field Pilot’s badge. Emperor Franz Joseph I. era.
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J. ZIMBLER WIEN VII
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Albert Hönlinger Collection
8/13/2019
Army Field Pilot’s badge – Emperor Franz Joseph I era. Type "Crown with ribbons"
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58 mm wingspan
66 mm

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Albert Hönlinger Collection
10/11/2019
Army Field Pilot’s badge. Emperor Franz Joseph I era. Type "Crown with ribbons"
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25 mm
JOSEF ZIMBLER
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Albert Hönlinger Collection
10/11/2019
Miniature Army Field Pilot’s badge. Emperor Franz Joseph I era. Type "Crown with ribbons"
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Zimbler
Wire fasteners for the uniform loops
Warren Carroll Collection
1/19/2002
Austria-Hungarian Field Pilot-Kaiser Karl era
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60 mm wingspan
62 mm
J. ZIMBLER WIEN VII
2 carbine hooks
Albert Hönlinger Collection
12/30/2020
The 1917 Army Field Pilot’s badge of my grandfather! Emperor Karl I. era.
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28 mm

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Albert Hönlinger Collection
10/11/2019
Miniature of the Army Field Pilot’s badge. Emperor Karl I era.
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J. ZIMBLER WIEN VII
2 carbine hooks
Albert Hönlinger Collection
6/17/2002
1917 Luftfahrerabzeichen (General Aircrew Badge). This badge was awarded to aircraft-observers and balloon-pilots. A total of 837 were awarded from 1917 to 1918.
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2 carbine hooks
Albert Hönlinger Collection
8/14/2019
1917 Luftfahrerabzeichen (General Aircrew Badge). This badge was awarded to aircraft-observers and balloon-pilots. A total of 837 were awarded from 1917 to 1918.
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J. ZIMBLER WIEN. VII, JZ and the punch for .800 silver
2 carbine hooks
Albert Hönlinger Collection
8/14/2019
A deluxe example made of .800 silver of the 1917 Luftfahrerabzeichen (General Aircrew Badge). This badge was awarded to aircraft-observers and balloon-pilots. A total of 837 were awarded from 1917 to 1918.
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33 mm


Albert Hönlinger Collection
07/29/2019
Balloon collar badges issued to all personnel of the k.u.k. Luftfahrtruppe. These were sewed on to the left and right side of the collar. Gilt for Subaltern Officers (2nd Lieutenant, 1st Lieutenant, Captain)
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33 mm


Albert Hönlinger Collection
07/29/2019
Silvered for Staff Officers (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, …) and non officers.
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33 mm


Albert Hönlinger Collection
07/29/2019
Silvered for Staff Officers (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, …) and non officers.
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31 mm


Albert Hönlinger Collection
07/29/2019
Silvered for Staff Officers (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, …) and non officers.
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35 mm


Albert Hönlinger Collection
07/29/2019
Badge of the Luftfahrerabwehr, the LFA-Artillery (Anti-Aircraft Artillery). This aircraft defence was under the command of the aviation units. The LFA-badge was never introduced officially, but the members of the LFA-Artillery wore the badge on their caps and very much against regulations on their left breast pocket until the end of WW I.
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26 mm
40 mm
ARKANZAS GESCH.
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Albert Hönlinger Collection
12/10/2019
Patriotic cap badge of the "1914/17 K.u.K. LUFTFAHRTZEUG ABWEHR.KAN.ABT." ( Aircraft Defense Cannon Detachment). The Aircraft Defense was under the control of the aviation units.
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60 mm wingspan
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ARKANZAS
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Albert Hönlinger Collection
8/12/2019
Badge of the k.u.k. Luftfahrtruppe Flyer’s school in Wiener Neustadt
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68 mm
100 mm


Albert Hönlinger Collection
8/14/2019
Imperial and Royal Navy "Fliegerdienst" (Aviator Service) – "Spezialitätenabzeichen" (Specialty badges), introduced 1913. For the ranks "Fliegerquartiermeister", "Fliegermaat" the badge was made of yellow and dark blue sheep wool. It was sewed on in the middle of the left upper-sleeve. For higher NCO-ranks ("Fliegeruntermeister“, "Fliegermeister“, "Oberstabsfliegermeister“) this design was embroidered in gilt silver wire.
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65 mm
57 mm


Albert Hönlinger Collection
8/14/2019
Imperial and Royal Navy "Fliegerdienst" (Aviator Service) – "Spezialitätenabzeichen" (Specialty badges), introduced 1913. For the ranks "Fliegermatrose“, "Fliegergast“ the badge was made of yellow and dark blue sheep wool. It was sewed on in the middle of the left upper-sleeve.
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Cliff Presley Collection
10/4/2010
This badge was issued in Austria.

The official name is „Bundesflieger-Abzeichen“ (Federal Aviator Badge). From September 1916 the „K.k. Oesterreichische Flugtechnische Verein“ (Austrian Flight Technical Association) issued this badge for the promotion of domestic aviation.

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K.u.k. – kaiserlich und königlich (imperial and royal) stands for both parts of the Dual Monarchy, Austria and Hungary.
K.k. – kaiserlich königlich (imperial royal) stands only for the Austrian part of the Dual Monarchy.
K.u. – königlich ungarisch (royal hungarian) stands only for the Hungarian part of the Dual Monarchy.

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45 mm
A. RUBINSTEIN WIEN VII and 220/2
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Albert Hönlinger Collection
12/10/2019
Lapel badge of the "K.K.OSTERR.FLUGTECHNISCHER VEREIN" (K.K. Austrian Flight Technical Association)
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60 mm wingspan
44 mm

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Albert Hönlinger Collection
11/07/2019
Patriotic Badge of the "K.u.K. Luftfahrtruppe 1916". Worn on cap or breast pocket.
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60 mm wingspan
44 mm

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Albert Hönlinger Collection
11/07/2019
Patriotic Badge of the "K.u.K. Luftfahrtruppe 1917". Worn on cap or breast pocket. The badge also exists with the inscription "K.u.K. Luftfahrtruppe 1918"
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Aviation Wings and Badges of the World Wars