1933 Pattern Raf Straight Zip Flying Gloves (Gauntlet-Style) Auction Bell was with the Canadian

Bell was with the Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment) 1st Battalion in the French theatre when he was wounded on July 28

Down volunteered for submarine service on January 16

Commander's Neck Cross

with separately applied wheat stock at centre

and 7 months later he was made an Unterscharfuhrer

1933 Pattern Raf Straight Zip Flying Gloves (Gauntlet-Style) Auction Bell was with the Canadian1933 Pattern RAF Straight Zip Flying Gloves (Gauntlet Style); Supple reddish brown leather exterior, zig zag stitching at the wrist with an underlying elastic sewn on the inside at the wrist for a snug fit, in size 8, brass zipper running from the wrist to the end of the glove at the mid forearm, each brass zipper tab marked "LIGHTNING", leather pull tabs attached to each brass zipper tab, each leather tab marked "8 2", inside lined in tan leather