message streamer
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19750269-001
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made --
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - United Kingdom, England
- Category Tools and equipment for communication
- Sub-category Visual communication tools and equipment
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Inscription FFL 19H7 MRS MACINTRE
- Materials Cotton
- Service Component Royal Flying Corps
- Measurements Height 0.5 cm, Length 145.0 cm, Width 11.0 cm
- Caption Message Streamer
- Additional Information Obtaining quick information on enemy troop movements, guns, and ammunition concentrations was extremely important. Early in the war, aerial observers scribbled this information on message streamers, and then dropped them onto friendly positions.