Original British WWI Royal Flying Corp Sketching Board with Compass by Aston & Mander Category_Water Jacket Assembly the Ordnance Broad Arrow

the Ordnance Broad Arrow

The 5th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 42nd Brigade in the 14th (Light) Division in May 1915 also for service on the Western Front

There are 48 stars on this flag

16" in length

Officer's funded their own equipment

Original British WWI Royal Flying Corp Sketching Board with Compass by Aston & Mander Category_Water Jacket Assembly the Ordnance Broad ArrowOriginal Item: Only One Available. This type of sketching board was used by British cavalrymen and Royal Flying Corps observers to sketch enemy positions, trenches, landscape features, and record data during the First World War. The board would be strapped to the wearers forearm via a leather strap to the rear and a scroll of paper wrapped and the two brass tubes on either side. The board is in overall very good condition with a complete strap. The