United Kingdom. A Royal Flying Corps (Rfc) Side Cap, By Grant & Cockburn, C.1915 GTRexclude 8 mm in depth x

8 mm in depth x 220 mm in height

” for Funcke & Brüninghaus

receiving his pilot wings and commission as a Second Lieutenant in July 1941

during which time they were active as part of Army Group South active in Ukraine and the Caucasus

unmarked but with physical characteristics of French manufacture

United Kingdom. A Royal Flying Corps (Rfc) Side Cap, By Grant & Cockburn, C.1915 GTRexclude 8 mm in depth xExterior fabricated from an olive green khaki wool with fold down flaps on either side, the flaps held up with silvered metal hooks fed through brown threading, with two rising peaks forming a valley between the two panels, the front with two 14. 5 mm wide buttons, the uppers of which are in dark brown bronze, each of the buttons illustrating the Royal crown above "R. F. C", the core of each in brass and maker marked "J. R. GAUNT & SON LTD. LONDON