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a picture of an old american flag with a red cross patch on itthree different types of metal pins and a pin on a white surfacethree red cross patches on a white cloth with a red cross on itan old american flag is displayed on a white surfacean old american flag with a red and white stripe on ittwo black and white photos of a woman and a tankblack and white photograph of three men and a woman looking at a piece of paperseveral old black and white photographs of people and animals on a wallan old black and white photo of a man and a woman standing in the doorway of an airplanethree women standing in front of a car with a cross on itan old photo of a woman standing in front of a doortwo women in uniforms standing in front of an old buildinga black and white photo of a group of people in uniformseveral black and white photographs of people and vehicles on a city streetseveral old black and white photographs of men and women in military uniformsblack and white photograph of a man walking down a street in front of a buildingblack and white photograph of a woman standing in front of a large buildinga pile of old black and white photos on a tableseveral old black and white photos of women and children in front of a buildingblack and white photograph of a group of women standing in front of a building
Maître Lydie BRIOULT

Dorothy Johnson’s personal collection, American Red Cross – …
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Estimate €150 - €200
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Dorothy Johnson’s personal collection, American Red Cross – France – Paris (approx. 100 original photographs, badges, flag) This collection belonged to an American Red Cross nurse who was stationed in the Paris region, specifically in Villejuif, which was home to the US 191st General Hospital. This building now houses the Paul Guiraud psychiatric hospital. This collection comprises over 100 original photographs showing Dorothy Johnson visiting various tourist attractions in Paris, Versailles and the châteaux of the Loire Valley, as well as photographs taken before her departure for the United States in which her uniforms and insignia are clearly identifiable. This collection includes various metal and fabric insignia, ranging from the Nurse’s officer’s insignia—featuring a caduceus with the letter N— to the ARC shoulder badge seen in various photographs, and two enamelled ARC Volunteer badges, one of which is numbered on its backing card with the same number. The most iconic item is her American flag printed on cotton, on which she inscribed: ‘This flag was carried on my Jeep in France and Belgium between 1944 and 1946’. One photograph also shows a Jeep completely covered with a tarpaulin bearing American Red Cross markings. A photograph showing Dorothy Johnson at the door of a C-47 suggests that she likely took part in medical evacuations from Orly aerodrome. (Grégory Pons Collection)
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About the sale Sale of the Grégory Pons collection and miscellaneous items (Aviation and WW2 Militaria)
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Auction time 11/14/2026 at 1:30 PM
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