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SET OF TWO TALISMANS FROM JEAN MERMOZ AND USED BY HIM
See original version (French)
78
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SET OF TWO TALISMANS FROM JEAN MERMOZ AND USED BY HIM
See original version (French)
Estimate €500 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
SET OF TWO TALISMANS FROM JEAN MERMOZ AND USED BY HIM
- Small beige velvet slipper embroidered with sky-blue thread.
Length: 10.5 cm
- A small doll depicting an Asian man, with a head, hands and feet made of papier-mâché; the head is flat and polychrome; the doll is dressed.
With typewritten labels from the 1955 exhibition describing them as talismans used at the Thionville training grounds and at the Nancy fighter squadron.
A set of two aviation talismans from Jean Mermoz
Provenance: - Jean Mermoz (1901–1936);
- Gabrielle Gillet-Mermoz (1880–1955);
- Subsequently passed down through the family
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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