A First War Curtiss Aeroplane Altimeter By Taylor Instrument Companies Newly Listed and French Ministere de la

and French Ministere de la Guerre Médaille d'Honneur Épidémies en Argent (Ministry of War Medal of Honour for Epidemics

his godfather was Admiral Sir Edward Pellew (Lord Exmouth)

marked '925' on the bottom arm

63 mm x 80 mm)

A First War Curtiss Aeroplane Altimeter By Taylor Instrument Companies Newly Listed and French Ministere de laAltimeter with a brass ring frame and glass crystal, mounted to a solid non magnetic dark gray painted steel housing, the face with a metal needle mounted to a brass pin in the centre, the directional pointer painted in black and finished with an arrow, the opposite end painted in white and finished with a loop, gradated from "O" to "15" in single digits counterclockwise, each representing one thousand feet, each number with a black dot between, with