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Old 1 August 2012, 12:34 PM   #4 (permalink)
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The badge is of the Österreichisch-Ungarische Albatros-Flugwerke at Wien (Vienna) / Stadlau was taken over on 27 February 1917 by the the Castiglioni 'empire' and incorporated in the Phönix Flugzeugwerke AG. As Castiglioni had control of Hansa-Brandenburg, UFAG and Phönix he had influence over a large part of the K.u.k aviation production.
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Which would make it no surprise that some of the other throttle quadrant housings from the same group, had these tags...
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