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Auction: 4020 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 71

A Memento of The Whitehead Aircraft Company An attractive small silver cigarette-case (HM London 1916) by the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd, 112 Regent St, the front engraved with a biplane and inscription Whitehead Aircraft Estimate £ 300-500 The Whitehead Aircraft Co Ltd was first registered in May 1915, and a new factory was built at Feltham, Middlesex. The company's first contract, in October 1916, was for 100 Sopwith Pup aircraft, and the firm became major contractors for this type. Whitehead also developed an aeroplane of their own, named the Comet.

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£300