177Th Infantry Battalion Officer's Collar Badge Auction Archive 300 airmen who lost their

300 airmen who lost their lives during the Second World War while serving with the Commonwealth Air Forces flying from bases in Austria

voluntary enlistment was unregulated and skilled men were joining up and leaving companies with a shortage of skilled labour essential to maintaining the country’s war capability

for the services you have rendered to my countrymen

with original signature of H

177Th Infantry Battalion Officer's Collar Badge Auction Archive 300 airmen who lost their177th Infantry Battalion Officer's Collar Badge Two piece construction, silver insignia overlaying a pickled copper base, unmarked, 25. 6 mm x 34. 4 mm, horizontal pinback, light contact, near extremely fine.