HAPPY HOLIDAYS from The FLYING TIGER Antiques & Vintage Historical Artifacts!!!
UPDATE: WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 29TH 2023: Thank YOU ALL for the Holiday Orders!!!
We Hope that all the LUCKY Recipients of these GREAT GIFTS will Just LOVE Them!!
So, NOW is the TIME to ORDER that wonderful ARTIFACT that you've had your eye on, Or that you are buying for that SPECIAL SOMEONE,
as it will SHIP within 24 to 48 Hours of Receipt of Payment, but USUALLY Same Day!!
Just an FYI: Kanae is in JAPAN through December 7th, so I am doing the best I can with shipping!!
And I hope to start LISTING in a day or 2, probably mostly PATCHES until Kanae returns!!
Happy Holidays & Happy Collecting, Ron & Kanae
ARTIFACT:
This is a great circa 1920s de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited lapel pin from the estate of World War I Royal Flying Corps double ace Captain E.F.W. Peacock, M.C. Canadian by birth, Peacock was responsible for 11 kills, two of them in one day, while flying on 189 sorties. He joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1917 without pause after already served on the ground for almost two years. The pin is a small aircraft with DH in blue enamel upon the wings.
VINTAGE:
Circa 1920s.
SIZE:
Approximately 3/8" in height and 1/4" in width.
MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION:
Gilt brass, enamel.
ATTACHMENT:
Vertical pin with drop-in locking swivel catch.
MARKINGS:
None.
ITEM NOTES:
This is from a 1920s aircraft company collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. LAAEX9/14 SAJJX2/15
CONDITION:
8- (Very Fine-Excellent): The pin has only light wear.
GUARANTEE: As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.
