Original British WWI Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a Left Upper Wing Partial Roundel Skin Percusion Muskets On 20 July the 29th

On 20 July the 29th was relieved by the 35th Infantry Division and sent back into XIX Corps reserve near Saint-Clair

A year later

Both the hilt and the sheet iron “Figure-8” guard retain much of their original black paint

possibly damaged when being captured

with lots of black finish

Original British WWI Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a Left Upper Wing Partial Roundel Skin Percusion Muskets On 20 July the 29thOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is a 16" x 10" section of hand painted canvas airplane fuselage covering from a World War One British Royal Aircraft Factory S. E. 5A air craft. Along with the skin is a handwritten note that reads: Fragment from left upper wing of British Royal Flying Corps (RFC) S. E. 5a from a wrecked aeromachine France 1917 and a page from he pilots log book Collection of Capt. J. T. B. McCudden No. 56. Sqn. U. S. A. S. Also