Description
This is a wonderful World War I Royal Flying Corps walking stick or cane with a humorous caricature of a big-nosed pilot's head as the handle. The handle is dated 8-4-16 on the underside. The cane is made from traditional teardrop Malacca and has a woven silver collar. The head is wearing an RFC pilot's flight helmet and goggles, has inset glass eyes and HUGE nostrils.
VINTAGE:Circa World War I.
SIZE:Approximately 33-1/2" in length.
CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS:Teardrop Malacca wood, glass eyes, silver collar, brass tip.
ATTACHMENT:None.
MARKINGS:2016-04-08 00:00:00
ITEM NOTES:This is from a WWI Royal Flying Corps gear collection that we will be listing more of over the next few months. SHOP TMDDJX14 LABGEX8/14 TRABGEX2/15
CONDITION:8 (Excellent-): The cane has only light wear.
GUARANTEE:As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.