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JEAN MERMOZ’S AIR FORCE SECOND LIEUTENANT’S CAP
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JEAN MERMOZ’S AIR FORCE SECOND LIEUTENANT’S CAP
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
JEAN MERMOZ’S AIR FORCE SECOND LIEUTENANT’S CAP
Made of national blue cloth, decorated on the front with a motif of wings and a star in gold cannetille. Gold rank braid. Brim in black patent leather. Cord (showing slight wear) in gold braid. Semi-spherical buttons in the Air Force style. Inner lining with a black satin base and a black leather sweatband.
Label from the tailor RICHARD, hand-marked with a pen: ‘MERMOZ 4.5.35. No. 24809’.
Worn from 1935 onwards.
Jean Mermoz’s Air Force second lieutenant’s cap
Provenance: - Jean Mermoz (1901–1936);
- Gabrielle Gillet-Mermoz (1880–1955);
- Passed down through the family
See original version (French)
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Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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