Original France WWI French Armée de l'Air Air Force Pilots Leather Flight Helmet With Button On Goggles Russian Artillery cursive) GEN LTN HANS SPETH

cursive) GEN LTN HANS SPETH

guide plate and primer base

stitches are tight and rivets are intact

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

We are pretty sure this is not British and most probably comes from the Baltic region

Original France WWI French Armée de l'Air Air Force Pilots Leather Flight Helmet With Button On Goggles Russian Artillery cursive) GEN LTN HANS SPETHOriginal 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