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Medal Bar of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Salmond

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1902-1937, In Storage, 71/D/1152

Sir John Salmond served in both the British Army and the Royal Air Force. In 1930 he succeeded Lord Trenchard as Chief of the Air Staff of the RAF.

Medal Bar of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Salmond | 71/D/1152

Blériot XXVII

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1911-1939, In Storage, 85/A/226

The Blériot XXVII, dating from 1911, was built for speed. This streamlined single-seat racing monoplane with a rotary engine, shared many construction features with other contemporary Blériot monoplanes, such as the shoulder-mounted wing.

Single engine aircraft with yellow canvas body and wings, © RAF Museum

German One Mark Banknote

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1914-1918, In Storage, X003-7956

RAF officers in German prisoner of war camps in 1918 were able to cash cheques and purchase items from their German captors. This note was brought back from Bayreuth prisoner camp by former prisoner of war Lieutenant Wilfred Harry Pollard.

Rectangular bank note with German Gothic script, © RAF Museum

Control Car, Armstrong Whitworth R.33

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1920, In Storage, X002-8227

The front section of the forward control car of HMA R.33

Gondola of His Majesties Airship R33 on display at Hendon., © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

St. Michael & St. George, Most Distinguished Order of, Companion, Badge

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1917, In Storage, 71/D/1163

The Order of St Michael and St George was instituted in 1818 by the Prince Regent, later King George IV, for service overseas.

St. Michael & St. George, Most Distinguished Order of, Companion, Badge | 71/D/1163

Royal Victorian Order, Commander, Badge

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918, In Storage, 71/D/1164

The Royal Victorian Order was instituted by Queen Victoria in 1896 and is exclusively in the gift of the monarch.

Royal Victorian Order, Commander, Badge | 71/D/1164

Other Rank, 1918 pattern, Women's Royal Air Force Cap Badge

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918-1920, In Storage, 74/U/989

This cap badge was introduced on the formation of the WRAF in 1918. It was superseded, in 1919, by Air Ministry Weekly Order 545, which introduced the metal cap badge.

Patch of melton with an embroidered crown above a circular velvet cushion encircled by two rings — embroidered with an eagle, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Royal Aero Club Gold Medallion awarded to Sir Arthur Whitten Brown

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1919, In Storage, 65/C/725

This medallion was awarded to Arthur Brown to commemorate the first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic by an aircraft. Brown the navigator and his pilot, John Alcock, flew from Newfoundland to Ireland in a converted Vickers Vimy bomber in a little over 16 hours in June 1919.

Royal Aero Club Gold Medallion, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

De Havilland Gipsy I

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1926-1979, In Storage, 79/E/397

The de Havilland Gipsy I was a 4-cylinder in-line engine developing 98 horse power. It powered the de Havilland Gipsy Moth, among other inter-War civilian aircraft.

De Havilland Gipsy I | 79/E/397, © RAF Museum / RAFM/Iain Duncan

Saucer, Bandalasta Ware

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1929-1930, In Storage, 1993/0515/Z

This Bandalasta saucer and its accompanying teacup were intended for use on the Royal Airship Works’ trial trips out of Cardington, before the R.101’s disastrous crash halted airship production in Britain.

Saucer, Bandalasta Ware | 1993/0515/Z