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Chit, Blood/Brien Wygle, WWII, RCAF
Fabric blood chit in the shape of a rectangle. Blue, red and black print. Front side has British Flag in upper left corner, with the same text translated into many different languages on front of chit. Back of chit is blank. Text reads: "Dear friend,…

Chit, Blood/Burma, WWII
WWII Burmese Blood Chit--The upper portion of the banner shows a blue rectangle, the upper left hand corner showing the British flag. Adjacent to the British flag is a circular image of a peacock. Below the blue rectangle is text, Burmese writing.…

Coil/Lear Radio Coil in Jar
Thin green wire coiled around a brown metal circular tube. A paper note is included with object that states, "Small highly efficiently radio coil developed by William P. Lear. These coils were far smaller than contemporary coils, and were used in the…

Coin, Commemorative/Lear Fan First Flight, December 1980
Bronze colored metal coin commemorating Lear Fan 2100 first flight. One side of the coin has a relief image of William Lear's face, airplane and the text, "First Flight Lear Fan 2100, Dec. 1980." The other side of the coin has a relief image of Moya…

Collection, Framed/Lt. Lionel Cherry Gilmour, WWI
Framed collection of military pins that belonged to Lt. Lionel Cherry Gilmour, who flew with the Royal Air Force/Royal Flying Corps during WWI. Wooden frame is painted gold, with glass front. Interior of frame has white wooden border with pink silk…

Collection, Framed/RAF Pilot Officer, George Welford, with set of "court mounted" medals, 607 Squadron badge, photo
Framed collection belonging to George Welford. Collection is enclosed inside wooden box with glass lid. On lid, brass plate with "F/Lt G. H. E. Welford. AE; 607 Squadron" engraved in black lettering. Key lock on outside of case. Starting at top left…

Collection/Polish and British medals, pins and patches
Small decorative Polish flag with medals and pins attached. Decorative Polish flag emblem is diamond shaped with maroon and white diamond fabric overall. Edges are wrapped with rope twine, which hangs down as a fringe at bottom center. Medals and…

Compass, Radio/Lear Orienter Radio Compass
Radio compass constructed out of black metal with a glass circular face with yellow numbering. An airplane and "Lear Orienter" is etched in white on top of the glass covering. The back portion of the compass is black cylindrical metal. In addition,…

Compass, Radio/Lear Orienter Radio Compass, Model #2330A
Radio compass constructed out of black metal with a glass circular face. A sticker of an airplane and "Lear Orienter" is placed on top of the glass covering. The compass is embedded into a square piece of brown wood with a lacquer finish. There is a…

Compass, Radio/Learmatic 1042
Radio compass constructed out of a black metal case with a round face. Divided compass on front with sectioned numbers in beige. Silhouette of plane with "Learmatic." Plug at back. 7 pin connection. There is a black and silver label adhered to the…
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