Chapka d'aviateur de Sergueï Dorojkine. Vers 1914-1917. Cuir souple. Provenance : a appartenu à Sergueï Constantinovitch Dorojkine (1894-1968), aviateur russe de la Grande Guerre, puis, durant la Guerre civile, lieutenant de l'Armée du général de Wrangel durant la première campagne du Kouban. Aviator hat (helmet). Okay. [Chuckles] 1914-1917. Skin, cotton. Belonged to the Russian aviator of the First World War Sergei Dorozhkin. Sergei Dorozhkin (1894, Saint-Petersburg-1968, Paris), Lieutenant to the Volunteer Army during the Civil War, participant of the 1st Kuban campaign.

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