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A RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL SOUVENIR FROM THE SPIRIT OF SAINT LOU…
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A RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL SOUVENIR FROM THE SPIRIT OF SAINT LOU…
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Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
A RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL SOUVENIR FROM THE SPIRIT OF SAINT LOUIS, BELONGING TO PILOT EDMOND DE GAVARDIE
Piece of fabric
Made of aluminium-coated fabric, in two pieces joined together with the pencil annotation ‘SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS’
23 x 45 mm
Presented in a double-sided gilded brass reliquary frame, inscribed on the front with ‘PIECE OF THE INDRADOS FABRIC FROM THE RIGHT WING OF THE SPIRIT OF SAINT-LOUIS, TAKEN BY EDMOND DE GAVARDIE IN THE BOURGET HANGAR ON 22 MAY 1927 IN THE COMPANY OF LIONEL DE MARMIER AND RENÉ FONCK – THE SMALLER PIECE WAS GIVEN TO ME BY EDMOND IN 1950 AND THE LARGER ONE AFTER HIS DEATH IN 1966”
94 x 68 mm
An exceptional and rare memento of the Spirit of Saint Louis, from the pilot Edmond de Gavardie: a fragment of the aircraft’s fabric covering
Provenance: - Edmond de Gavardie, pilot, First World War flying ace;
- Then passed down through the family;
- Private collection.
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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