BRITISH WWI RFC FLYING HELMET General Service side buttons

General Service side buttons

fitted with the black silk piped slip-on shoulder boards

Two citations plus one further on board produced document awarded to  Mechanikersobergefreiten Piontek

These items show extremely extensive wear

but this particular piece is an exception

BRITISH WWI RFC FLYING HELMET General Service side buttonsObtained by us with a whole grouping of Royal Flying Corps uniforms and accoutrements, this flying helmet is identical to motoring helmets at the time. We cannot definitively guarantee that this was used as a flying helmet; many images exist of the period use of this type of helmet. Nice condition, supple brown leather, some fur losses to the inside, this original manufacturers label Warranted finest quality with a stag's head and the name Mace