Rare WW1 and WW2 memorabilia up for auction
A rare American flying jacket, a Third Reich enamel street sign and an SS officer's dress-sword are among historical items being auctioned in Gloucestershire this week.
The objects will go under the hammer at Dominic Winter auction house as part of a sale of military, aviation and motoring memorabilia.
The leather flying jacket was owned by one of the notorious 'Flying Tigers', made up of United States Army, Navy and Marine Corps pilots who defended China against Japanese forces in WWII.
It features a sewn on 'blood chit' with a Chinese Republic flag over an inscription which translated reads; 'This foreign person has come to China to help in the war effort. Soldiers and civilians, one and all, should rescue and protect him.'...
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The objects will go under the hammer at Dominic Winter auction house as part of a sale of military, aviation and motoring memorabilia.
The leather flying jacket was owned by one of the notorious 'Flying Tigers', made up of United States Army, Navy and Marine Corps pilots who defended China against Japanese forces in WWII.
It features a sewn on 'blood chit' with a Chinese Republic flag over an inscription which translated reads; 'This foreign person has come to China to help in the war effort. Soldiers and civilians, one and all, should rescue and protect him.'...