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Air Force: memorabilia belonging to a pilot officer who flew…
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57
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Air Force: memorabilia belonging to a pilot officer who flew…
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Estimate
€250 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
Air Force: memorabilia belonging to a pilot officer who flew missions in Indochina and Algeria; a Lieutenant-Colonel’s uniform of the Air Force, made by Sigrand Paris in 1960, four-pocket jacket in Louise blue broadcloth fastening with four domed buttons stamped with wings and a star, gold-plated canetille ‘charognard’ insignia with a double blue chevron (Intelligence), officer’s epaulettes in gold-plated canetille, pilot’s licence manufactured by Insignes officiels Drago, 43 rue Olivier Metra, Paris; bar displaying three decorations:
Knight of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the National Order of Merit, Cross of Military Valour with two bronze stars and one silver star, two fourragères, trousers in the same blue louise cloth style with a Sigrand Paris tailor’s label dated 1960, Air Force Lieutenant-Colonel’s cap, five variegated braids, manufactured by UGECO, Sainte-Pazanne, size 60, with three white cap liners, in excellent condition, a pair of white officer’s gloves, in their
, one fawn-coloured leather officer’s glove, showing signs of wear, garments worn, the lot in very fine condition, France, Algerian War period.
EXPERT: Mr Hervé MATOUS
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ID: 88411800
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