Aged R100 Royal Airship Works Crew cap badge #7
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Aged Condition Royal Airship Works Crew Cap Badge. Made from red and black cotton and worn by the Crew (non-officers) of the R100 Airship flown from Cardington near Bedford in the United Kingdom.
The site started life as a private venture when aircraft manufacturing company Short Brothers bought land there to build airships for the Admiralty. The airships site was nationalised in April 1919, becoming known as the Royal Airship Works.
The site started life as a private venture when aircraft manufacturing company Short Brothers bought land there to build airships for the Admiralty. The airships site was nationalised in April 1919, becoming known as the Royal Airship Works.