A Portuguese Air Force (Força Aérea Portuguesa) Technical Badge Hold command and control

command and control

there are black embroidered red wool patches on both shoulders with the upward pointing bow and arrow Anti-Aircraft Command insignia

fine quality manufacture in gilt silver and white and textured red enamels (slight chip on the right arm of the cross)

and it became a French Colonial award in 1896 for 10 years service in West and Equatorial Africa by the military

A Portuguese Air Force (Força Aérea Portuguesa) Technical Badge Hold command and controlThree piece construction, bronze gilt, unmarked, 16 mm x 85 mm, horizontal pinback, extremely fine. Footnote: From the collection of the late Warren Carroll, author of "Eagles Recalled".