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FRANCE – PARACHUTING – RARE DOCUMENT FROM TOURS.
See original version (French)
198
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FRANCE – PARACHUTING – RARE DOCUMENT FROM TOURS.
See original version (French)
Estimate €60
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE – PARACHUTING – RARE DOCUMENT FROM TOURS.
Letter sent by post, postmark dated Tours Gare 29 August 1942, franked with a 1 F 50 brown ‘Maréchal Pétain’ stamp, on letterhead from ‘La Sellerie – Tapisserie MOREAU Marcel’, 36 rue Pierre Moreau, Château-Renault. On the left-hand half is a printed photograph of the TOURS-BASED PARACHUTIST MOREAU, licence and certificate no. 9, “who was the first to organise the Air Infantry by descending from the sky with arms and baggage”.
The hero is standing with his parachute, holding *La Dépêche*, the local daily newspaper, and… two mallards…
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