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Royal Flying Corps, pilots' wings....from IWM..
© IWM (INS 7505)
Royal Flying Corps pilot's wings brevet, being a flat embroidered pair of thin outstretched wings, each with ten feathers plus one feather extended at the top of the wing, supporting a central laurel wreath encircling the RFC monogram in elaborate serif lettering with a King's crown above, the wings and monogram in white, the wreath in light brown and the crown in white and light brown, all on a black fabric backing cut to shape. http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...3048/large.jpg
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