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AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF JEAN MERMOZ’S IDENTITY DOCUMENT…
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AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF JEAN MERMOZ’S IDENTITY DOCUMENT…
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
Voluntary lot
Description
AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF JEAN MERMOZ’S IDENTITY DOCUMENTS
(Pilot’s licence, passport, South American identity cards, club membership cards, etc.)
Including, in particular:
- A paper pilot’s licence for public transport aircraft dated 11 October 1924, issued to Mr Jean Mermoz, resident at 28 bis rue du Cardinal Lemoine, Paris, 5th arrondissement, renewed until 1932 following an annual medical examination, with photograph;
- Passport issued by the French Consulate in Buenos Aires, valid for one year from 3 March 1928, issued to Mr Jean Mermoz, chief pilot of the Compagnie Aéropostale, then aged 26, with photograph. Bears the stamps of various visas (Chile, Argentina, etc.);
- Membership card of the French professional union (S.P.F.) for Air France staff, issued to pilot Jean Mermoz on 13 June 1936, numbered 1/114, signed by the holder;
- Membership card for the ‘Barcelona’ Swimming Club, issued to Jean Mermoz on 1 June 1925, signed by the holder;
- Permanent pass for the Fifteenth International Aeronautical Exhibition, held from 13 November to 29 November 1936, signed by the holder;
- Membership card of the Association of Aviation Flight Crew Professionals, showing Jean Mermoz as an active member;
- Honorary membership card of the Mutual Aid Society of the Latécoère Factories and Latécoère Airlines, awarded to Mr Jean Mermoz for the year 1931;
- Licence from the International Aeronautical Federation issued to Jean Mermoz for the year 1931, with photograph;
- Membership card of the Paris Region Federal Union, awarded to Jean Mermoz on 6 August 1936;
- Benefactor membership card of the Montagne-Noire Aero-Club, held by Mr Jean Mermoz;
- Two membership cards from the Air Force Reserve Officers’ Association, dated 1935 and 1936, belonging to Mr Jean Mermoz, reserve pilot lieutenant, 41 Rue Molitor, Paris, 16th arrondissement;
- Honorary membership card of the Association sportive des Francs-Joueurs at the Lycée Émile Duclaux in Aurillac, for the years 1935–1936;
- Argentine driving licence (Conductor de Automovil) issued by the Las Conchas authorities to Jean (‘Juan’) Mermoz in 1929, with photograph;
- Argentine identity card for ‘Don Juan Mermoz’, aviator, issued in 1928, with photograph, signature and fingerprint;
- Membership card for the Club Français issued to Jean Mermoz in Buenos Aires on 26 January 1933;
- Honorary membership card of the Club Sportif Montaudranais for Jean Mermoz, a member of the Aéropostale;
- Honorary membership card of the Reale Aero Club d’Italia awarded to Jean Mermoz;
- Membership card of the Dinard Aero Club awarded to Jean Mermoz for the year 1936;
- Membership card of the Auvergne Aero Club awarded to Jean Mermoz for the year 1931;
- Membership card of the Gymnastics and Fencing Club of Jean Mermoz, Buenos Aires, 1919, with photograph;
- Business card holder bearing the inscription ‘Jean Mermoz / Jefe piloto del Aeropuerto Cia. Gral. Aeropostal / Buenos Aires’.
An interesting collection of Jean Mermoz’s identity documents
Provenance: - Jean Mermoz (1901–1936);
- Gabrielle Gillet-Mermoz (1880–1955);
- Passed down through the family
See original version (French)
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