Original British WWI RFC Silver Cigar Box Presented to Major Alexander Shekleton DSO OBE 81mm Mortar than the earlier German models

than the earlier German models

Residence: New York Mills

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CVW-14 deployed aboard USS Enterprise for its first peacetime deployment in ten years

It was recovered in Bedford County

Original British WWI RFC Silver Cigar Box Presented to Major Alexander Shekleton DSO OBE 81mm Mortar than the earlier German modelsOriginal Item: One of a kind. The is a silver cigar box that measures 9" x 4. 5". The lid has an engraved silver plaque which Royal Flying Corps (RFC) wing insignia and reads: TOMAJOR SHEKLETONA GREATFUL APPRECIATIONFROMOFFICERS OF 28 SQUADRONSEPT 1916No. 28 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps was formed on 7 November 1915 at RAF Gosport. Initially a training squadron it became a fighter squadron equipped with the Sopwith Camel. After the end of the