An uncommon set of silver and enamel pilot’s New Zealand Flying School wings marked “Young & Co” “Stg Silver”, contained in an unmarked bar brooch case. The New Zealand Flying School was set up in October,1915 by brothers Leo and Vivian Walsh with the view of training pilots for service with the Royal Flying Corps. In total they trained around 110 pilots, although not all of them would have seen active service. The school continued until 1919, but struggled to get new pupils after the war and was sold to the N.Z. Government in 1924. These wings are engraved “F. De M Hyde” and can be attributed to Frederick De Mulford Hyde (1899-1962) from Hamilton. Hyde is listed as being one of 38 pupils who had graduated by 11 August, 1917 (refer Papers Past, Evening Post). Hyde’s embarked as an Rfc cadet with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant but does not appear to have received any medals for service in World War I. It is possible that he stayed in the U.K. and never proceeded to France. An interesting note is that Hyde’s father (Alfred Hammond Hyde) is listed as a “garage proprietor”, a career which could well have encouraged his son to take up flying - similar to Richard Pearse’s interest in engineering.