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baseball mitt and glove sitting on top of a bag on a gray surfacean image of a backpack with a helmet on top of itan old bag is sitting on a table with a black backgrounda baseball mitt and a baseball glove sitting on a tablea close up of a red baseball glove with a silver bucklea backpack that has a metal buckle on it
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225 - RARE PARACHUTE BELONGING TO JEAN MERMOZ
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Estimate €8,000 - €12,000
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Description
RARE PARACHUTE BELONGING TO JEAN MERMOZ The Aviorex Type 801, circa 1935 Riveted aluminium frame, serial number ‘83’, with a red leather back panel stamped in gold with ‘L’Aviorex Mermoz 801’. Canvas and red leather harness with an aluminium release lever and an enamelled iron buckle marked ‘PARACHUTES AVIOREX TYPE 801 50 RUE DU BOIS CLICHY/SEINE’ White silk parachute contained in a beige canvas bag, reinforced with brown leather, with a stainless steel fastening system marked ‘PARACHUTE AVIOREX’. 53 x 41 cm With its beige canvas packing bag marked ‘AVIOREX’ in gold on both sides. Various inspection stamps: ‘CONTROLED BY’ and ‘1 JUN 1935’. A rare parachute belonging to Jean Mermoz, c. 1935 Provenance: - Jean Mermoz (1901–1936); - Gabrielle Gillet-Mermoz (1880–1955); - Subsequently passed down through the family A rare parachute belonging to Jean Mermoz, c. 1935
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Auction time 11/03/2026 at 11:00 AM
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