United Kingdom. A Royal Flying Corps (Rfc) Side Cap, By Grant & Cockburn, C.1915 Auction with virtually all images featuring

with virtually all images featuring candid and detailed handwritten captions by the owner

Naming is engraved on both: the CGSM on the edge

this cross was awarded for service during the Sudetenland crisis of 1938which culminated in the ignominious appeasement of Germany at Munich

Monetny Dvor mint marked and number engraved "2942507" on the reverse

a half wreath below the shield composed of branches of oak leaves and laurel leaves above a ribbon banner inscribed "HONSZ"

United Kingdom. A Royal Flying Corps (Rfc) Side Cap, By Grant & Cockburn, C.1915 Auction with virtually all images featuringExterior fabricated from an olive green khaki wool with fold down flaps on either side, the flaps held up with silvered metal hooks fed through brown threading, with two rising peaks forming a valley between the two panels, the front with two 14. 5 mm wide buttons, the uppers of which are in dark brown bronze, each of the buttons illustrating the Royal crown above "R. F. C", the core of each in brass and maker marked "J. R. GAUNT & SON LTD. LONDON