Post WWII RRAF Aircrew Wing Italy which this particular example most

which this particular example most definitely did upon examining the wear marks the magazines had left in each of the cells

until 1980

21” across chest

In its span

but it was in fact modelled on and closely derived from the French M51 OTAN

Post WWII RRAF Aircrew Wing Italy which this particular example mostOriginal Post World War Two Royal Rhodesian Air Force Aircrew Wing. This pattern was worn between 1953 1970. Padded, raised, and embroidered. The Rhodesian Air Force (RhAF) was based in Salisbury (now Harare) and represented several entities under various names between 1935 and 1980: originally serving the British self governing colony of Southern Rhodesia, it was the air arm of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland between 1953 and 31 December