Austria, Imperial. An Officer's Kepi, c.1915 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac beating back the German attack

beating back the German attack

the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of Peter Friedrich Ludwig

LONDON" and exhibiting the impressions of the once present badge and breast star

German AA artillery (Flak) formed part of the Air Force (Luftwaffe) rather than the Army (Heer)

with enameled center

Austria, Imperial. An Officer's Kepi, c.1915 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac beating back the German attackThis kepi incorporates the traditional flat top design and slopes forward slightly, the upper itself in black cotton. The insignia on the front is composed of a centre in beige embroidery with brown threading in the middle, where the regimental marker once resided but has been lost to time, framed by a row in rolled gold coloured bullion wire, surrounded by four rows of twisted knotted gold coloured bullion wire, secured in place via black threading