Original British WWI Royal Flying Corps RFC Aviation Wing Insignia Japanese Army OD color nylon was more

OD color nylon was more predominant in the immediate post Korean War period

with some staining from age

making this grenade an "offensive" type

A truly amazing find to have survived more than 100 years in such condition having been in the closing years of WWI

the 85th remained at Tours until the Second Army Air Service was demobilized on 15 April 1919

Original British WWI Royal Flying Corps RFC Aviation Wing Insignia Japanese Army OD color nylon was moreOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War until it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service on 1 April 1918 to form the Royal Air Force. During the early part of the war, the RFC supported the British Army by artillery co operation and photographic reconnaissance. This work gradually led RFC pilots into aerial battles with German pilots and later in the war