Original France WWI French Armée de l'Air Air Force Pilots Leather Flight Helmet With Button On Goggles Russian Artillery 3 REVOLVER 2ND MODEL SINGLE

3 REVOLVER 2ND MODEL SINGLE ACTION"

a decision was made to airlift an entire Chinese division and all of its equipment over The Hump to respond to the Japanese capture of Kweilin

Note the row of stitches forming an "X" across the center of the flag

which we have unfortunately not been able to identify

stitches are tight and rivets are intact

Original France WWI French Armée de l'Air Air Force Pilots Leather Flight Helmet With Button On Goggles Russian Artillery 3 REVOLVER 2ND MODEL SINGLEOriginal Item: Only One Available. During the first years of aviation, pilots started wearing leather flying helmets as a form of protection from the cold and the noise of aircraft engines. Leather was becoming a popular choice for protective gear with the rise of motor sport and aviation at the start of the 1900s. It has many advantages that made it the ideal material for flying helmets. It is warm, durable, impermeable to liquids therefore