Original British WWI Royal Flying Corps RFC Aviation Wing Insignia Military Art This example is marked "S"

This example is marked "S" in a circle on the grips

issued in the summer of 1916

which was brought back from the European theater by a USGI after WWII

combined with the creation of the Provisional All-Russian Government

and the grenade to explode on the belt of an unaware infantryman

Original British WWI Royal Flying Corps RFC Aviation Wing Insignia Military Art This example is marked "S"Original 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