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MEMORABILIA OF PILOT EDMOND DE GAVARDIE
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MEMORABILIA OF PILOT EDMOND DE GAVARDIE
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €500
Voluntary lot
Description
MEMORABILIA OF PILOT EDMOND DE GAVARDIE
A fine collection of memorabilia
Including, in particular:
- Service record book of Edmond de Gavardie’s father, Armand, of the Class of 1877, in the 9th Territorial Zouave Battalion (shown some wear).
- Identity card from the École Supérieure d’Aéronautique (1913–1914). With photograph.
- Pilot’s licence from the International Aeronautical Federation. In the name of Edmond de Gavardie, numbered 2107, dated 25 June 1915, with photograph. In a blue leather binding.
- Savings book (1917).
- Second Lieutenant de Gavardie’s pay book for the year 1919.
- Private pilot’s certificate and licence for light aircraft. Cloth-bound. With photograph. Handwritten reference to his first certificate (June 1915, No. 2107). Authorisation by the Polish authorities.
- Air service logbook of Lieutenant de Gavardie, 24 May 1921–16 December 1922. An interesting account of the French military mission in Poland, with details of missions in Poland.
- Passport issued by the French Consulate in Warsaw, valid for one year from 7 April 1922.
- Driving licence (1924). With photograph.
- Membership card of the Union of Civilian Pilots of France, active member’s card, with photograph (1933)
- Identity card of the Association of Reserve Officers of the Air Force for 1933.
- Two identity cards from the Ministry of the Air (1935 and 1937). One with photograph.
- Reserve officer’s identity card (1936).
- Membership card of the Automobile Club de France for 1936–1937.
- Membership card of the Society of the Legion of Honour (1938).
- Clothing and textile goods card (1945).
- Tobacco card (1946).
- Air Force Arsenal identity card (1948).
- War veteran’s card (1948). With photograph.
- National Insurance card (1953).
- National identity card (1959). With photograph.
- Six miscellaneous cards, one of which includes a photograph.
Memorabilia belonging to the pilot Edmond de Gavardie
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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