A Rare First War French Royal Flying Corps Tunic To Lieut. Rousseau Kia Auction Archive accompanied by its 17

accompanied by its 17

Railway Service Sleeve Eagle - From vets lot

loops with bronze spring-loaded clips placed at either end

marked sterling - both extremely fine

Footnote: The corps was set up in 1943 as a Germanic Corps (Germansk Corps)

A Rare First War French Royal Flying Corps Tunic To Lieut. Rousseau Kia Auction Archive accompanied by its 17Fabricated from a fine light brown cotton wool blend, each shoulder with an epaulette strap held in place via a small bronze button bearing the United Kingdom coat of arms, the buttons maker marker "W. MAGUIRE & SONS BIRMINGHAM" on the reverse. Each side of the collar is adorned with a stylized French Flying Officer collar tab, the insignia in rolled blackened copper wire and blackened sequins and mounted to a red wool base. There is an original