A Rare Royal Flying Corps Air Instructor School Wings; Canada Buy Now / To You from failing

/ To You from failing hands we throw / The torch - be yours to hold it high

One month later

After seven weeks at Ste

000 survived the captivity and returned home by 1955

demonstrated the paternalism typical of the day

A Rare Royal Flying Corps Air Instructor School Wings; Canada Buy Now / To You from failingBronze gilt, illustrating the initials "AIS" in an oval, taking the place of the eagle's head but with its feet and wings intact, maker marked "ELLIS BROS." on the reverse, 14. 5 mm x 53 mm, horizontal pinback, scattered gilt wear, very fine. Footnote: This badge is believed to be Canadian c. 1916 1917, for the School of Flying Training at Armour Heights, Ontario.