A Group Headquarters No. 43 RAF crest in copper mounted on a...

Estimate

£450 - £550

A Group Headquarters No. 43 RAF crest in copper mounted on an oak display, with plaque marked “PRESENTED TO HEADQUARTERS No. 43 GROUP BY AIR MARSHALL SIR THOMAS WARNE-BROWNE KBE CB DSC. THE RISING SUN IS INDICATIVE OF REBIRTH OR REPAIR PERFORMED BY UNITS OF THE GROUP ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES ARE SYMBOLIZED BY INTRODUCING IN THE BADGE AN ARM HOLDING A HAMMER. SERVIMUS ET SERVAMUS. WE SERVE AND WE SAVE. MADE BY 347693 W.O. J. TATE G.E.S. NO. 13 M.U. HENLOW- MAY 1946”, label verso.(R) £400 SPEC