A First War Royal Naval Air Service Badge In Gold By Thomas L. Mott certificate_of_authenticity in pale silvery/grey cotton threads

in pale silvery/grey cotton threads mounted on a cut-out

1944 at No

/ Zur von dem Beliehenen" and named in pencil "Klein" on the lightly soiled label

and on deck had their photograph taken

The Battalion served in France and Belgium with the 9th Infantry Brigade

A First War Royal Naval Air Service Badge In Gold By Thomas L. Mott certificate_of_authenticity in pale silvery/grey cotton threadsA First War Royal Naval Air Service Badge in Gold by Thomas L. Mott 9K GOLD and enamels, maker marked "T. L. M." (Thomas L. Mott) and marked "9 CT" (Gold) on the reverse, 14 mm x 43. 3 mm, horizontal pinback, white enamel loss on the wings, very fine. Footnote: The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) was the air arm of the Royal Navy until near the end of the First World War, when it merged with the British Army's Royal Flying Corps, to form a new service