Original British WWI Royal Flying Corps Sergeant Pilot Model 1914 Maternity Tunic Uniform Set Technical Books it armed British troops through

it armed British troops through some of the most famous colonial campaigns of the era and became forever linked with the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879

and were commonly referred to simply as "Hanomags" by both German and Allied soldiers

450/577 caliber barrel bearing a back sight with folding leaves

one officer

and a V over a P over an eagle’s head over another P on the left side just above the stock

Original British WWI Royal Flying Corps Sergeant Pilot Model 1914 Maternity Tunic Uniform Set Technical Books it armed British troops throughOriginal Items: One of a kind set. This is fantastically rare as only a few were ever made. The Great War erupted in August 1914 and the British were far from ready. The Royal Flying Corps was in absolute infancy. There were very few pilots and fewer pilots to train new ones. As a general rule all pilots were Officers and that was the tradition throughout the war but in the early days of WWI qualified NCO sergeants were used in active flight duty.