Original French WWI Escadrille BR 111 Biplane Skin Painted Swan Insignia Antique Winchesters and the Axis forces surrendered

and the Axis forces surrendered

The longer receiver section provides a good foundation for the creation of a nice dummy display gun

The motto ALLES FüR DEUTSCHLAND is crisp and has 99% of the blackening in the backgrounds

This blade from the transitional period when the RZM was still being instituted

and a lot of the fittings show traces of pitting as well

Original French WWI Escadrille BR 111 Biplane Skin Painted Swan Insignia Antique Winchesters and the Axis forces surrenderedOriginal Item: One of a kind. Cut from the tail section of a French Great War Biplane (most likely a Nieuport 11), this is the skin or canvas fabric used to line the body of the airplane. This Swan insignia represented Escadrille BR 111 (Squadron 111) and was reportedly cut away from a crashed biplane that was shot down during the Great War. Aircraft skin section measures 27 1 2" x 19 1 4 and is offered in very good condition. History of French 111