23rd Mar, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
3095
A First World War Royal Naval Air Service Aircraft Altimeter by Negretti and Zambra, London, the 7.5cm diameter circular silvered dial with black and red numerals enclosing COMPENSATED, maker's name and numbered 3257, in a burnished brass case with strap lugs to the sides, the back plate engraved RALPH WHITEHEAD. R.N. ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE 1914, in a green velvet lined maroon leather case; a First World War Royal Flying Corps Message Streamer, with a white cotton message pouch containing a lead weight and attached to two streamers, each of three blue, yellow and red cotton panels, 137cm by 11cm. Footnote:- Before the use of radios, these streamers were the only way that aircrew could communicate with ground personnel. Messages were placed in the weighted pouch of the streamer and then thrown from early aircraft to pass on important information. (2)
Sold for £480
Estimated at £500 - £800
1 - Good clean condition. The leather case has some areas of scuffing.
2 - Some soiling and foxing, the colours are still bright.
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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 23rd Mar, 2022
Militaria and Ethnographica Sales encompass items across diverse areas of collecting, from European and Eastern armour to 18th and 19th century firearms, military uniforms and documents, edged weapons, World War I and World War II ephemera, masonic regalia and medals.
Also included are a vast range of objects created in the early 20th century or earlier by indigenous cultures around the world, from early American civilisations to African tribes and Polynesian island cultures, incorporating religious idols, domestic and ritual objects, figurative sculpture, jewellery and weapons of all descriptions.
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