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Cross, Bead

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1917-1918, London, Hangar Three/Four, 80/C/232

This bead cross is believed to be a pachisi board. Pachisi is an ancient game that originated in India but was played across Arabia. This board belonged to Thomas Edward Lawrence, more popularly known as Lawrence of Arabia.

Cross, Bead | 80/C/232, IAIN DUNCAN / RAFM/Iain Duncan

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

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918-1920, London, Hangar Three/Four, 72/U/1301

This is the cap badge worn by members of the WRAF in 1918. It was superseded in 1920 by Air Ministry Weekly Order 545, which introduced a metal cap badge.

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

COW Gun Mounting

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918-1965, London, Hangar Three/Four, 65/O/1109

This ground based, weapons mounting, enabled the Coventry Ordnance Works, (COW) Quick Firing, 1½ Pounder gun to engage both air and surface targets.

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Medical Officer’s Collar Badge 1918 Pattern

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918-1933, London, Hangar Three/Four, 66/U/1139

Medical officers in the RAF can be distinguished by their collar badges depicting the Caduceus of Mercury or, in this example, the Rod of Asclepius.

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112lb, Royal Laboratory, Mk. 7

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918-1965, London, Hangar Three/Four, 65/O/890

The steel-cased 112lb Royal Laboratory high explosive bomb entered RAF service mid-way through the First World War.

Cream coloured bomb with side cutaway to show interior, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAFM/Iain Duncan

COW Gun, 1½ lb, Mk III

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918-1965, London, Hangar Three/Four, 65/O/1108

The Coventry Ordnance Works, (COW) Quick Firing, 1½ Pounder, gun was an automatic cannon which was tested in various airframes form the First World War, to the 1930s. It was finally adopted as the armament for the Blackburn Perth flying boat which saw squadron service between 1934 and 1936.

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Bowl, Handley Page V/1500 Propeller Boss

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1919, London, Hangar Three/Four, 73/C/1280

This bowl has been carved from the mahogany propellor boss of Handley Page bomber, the ‘Old Carthusian’, which made the first ‘through-flight’ from England to India in 1919 to take part in the Third Anglo-Afghan war.

Bowl, Handley Page V/1500 Propeller Boss | 73/C/1280, IAIN DUNCAN

Portable Oil Tank, Heater Type, 40 Gallons, 2 Wheel

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1925, London, Hangar Three/Four, 76/V/779

Portable oil tanks were used to refill aircraft with engine oil.

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Napier Lion VII

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1927-1965, London, Hangar Three/Four, 65/E/1098

The Napier Lion VII was a racing version of the popular Lion engine, used widely in the 1920s. The VII powered racing aircraft as well as record breaking land and sea vehicles.

Napier Lion VII | 65/E/1098, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Aerial Gunner's badge, Pattern 1923

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1923-1939, London, Hangar Three/Four, X004-5294

The Aerial Gunner's badge was introduced in 1923 and was worn on the upper sleeve of the right arm, it was discontinued in 1939 with the introduction of a new cloth badge to be worn on the left breast.

Aerial Gunner's badge, Pattern 1923 | X004-5294, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan