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EYNAC, Laurent (1886–1970)
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EYNAC, Laurent (1886–1970)
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €500
Voluntary lot
Description
EYNAC, Laurent (1886–1970)
L.S., as Minister of Aviation, Paris, 21 September 1929, to Jean MERMOZ, ‘Pilot with the Compagnie Générale Aéropostale’; 1 typewritten page, quarto, on Ministry of Aviation letterhead.
‘The French Military Attaché in Chile has drawn my attention to your brilliant conduct during your flights on behalf of the Compagnie Générale Aéropostale. He reports to me on the physical and mental efforts you have sustained with unwavering courage’. He extends his congratulations to him “and my heartfelt thanks for having served the French cause so well and contributed so greatly to the success recently achieved in Chile by the Compagnie Générale Aéropostale”…
Source: - Jean Mermoz (1901–1936);
- Gabrielle Gillet-Mermoz (1880–1955);
- Passed down through the family
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