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8 - 129th INFANTRY REGIMENT & RENE COTY - TESTIMONY addressed to…
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Estimate €60 - €80
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129th INFANTRY REGIMENT & RENE COTY - TESTIMONY addressed to President René COTY by his comrades-in-arms, in the form of a brown morocco leather folder, the cover inscribed in gold lettering with ‘GENERAL A. WEILLER AND THE RATAPOILS / OF THE 129TH INFANTRY REGIMENT / TO THEIR CO-COMBATANT / RENÉ COTY / PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC’, containing a watercolour by Alexandre MINIAC (1885–1963) depicting an allegory of victory, a ‘poilu’ (First World War soldier) brandishing the flag of the 129th Infantry Regiment, 25 x 14 cm, the autograph signatures of some thirty comrades and a message, in-4 (31 x 19.5 cm), traces of damp on the spine, BE. René COTY (1882–1962): President of the Republic from 1954 to 1959. He enlisted in the 129th Infantry Regiment, declined a place in the officers’ platoon and left for the front, where he remained until January 1919.
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About the sale ANTIQUE WEAPONS & MILITARY SOUVENIRS – The Régis LAGARDE Collection – Act II
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Auction time 10/31/2026 at 1:30 PM
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