Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Flying Corps, a good quality embroidered pilot’s breast wings white beige on black (unpadded), a full length ‘post card’ photograph of a private wearing side hat, the ‘plastron front’ tunic broad belt trousers full length puttees and boots, one visible cloth arm badge ‘Royal Flying/Corps’ (curved) pencil inscription on the back ‘16/10/17 J Cress, Bramhall’ (near Stockport); another half length ‘post card’ photograph of a private with similar hat and tunic the one visible cloth arm badge ‘RFC’ (straight) by Leroi Studios 524 Oxford St W pencil note ‘3403 Horner 6PC sepia’; a good Gale & Polden RFC postcard coloured front showing an Officer Sergeant and other personnel with various flying machines in the background, the badges and notes on the corps alongside, written message on the reverse dated Jan 6th 1918 with post mark for the 7th Jan 1918, details of the message record the extension of rationing etc; another postcard by ‘B.B Ltd London’ the obverse bearing the gilded ‘wings’ badge and in black and white various planes a patriotic exhortation expounding the skills of the corps and ‘From One of the R.F.C.’; the reverse with pencil message informing the recipients of the author’s arrival in Farnborough etc. stamp missing but a section of ‘Farnborough’ remains on the franking, good overall condition (5) £80-120