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French team rooster for the XIX Summer Olympic Games. Height 28…

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MEXICO 1968 French team rooster for the XIX Summer Olympic Games. Height 28 mm.

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MEXICO 1968 French team rooster for the XIX Summer Olympic Games. Height 28 mm.

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Estim. 140 - 180 EUR

Olympic Games/ Two sets of badges (22 in all): A) Summer, 1956-60-64-72/ Roosters. Set of 10 roosters in fabric or silk for the jerseys of the French teams: a) Two for 56, (silk,10x70); b) Six for 1960 (fabric, 100x70); c) One for 1964; d) One for 1972 (diam: 90); B) Eleven crests, fabric, embroidered: USA (JO, 1968 and 72), 1976 (Sion, and two Montreal, JO, different), one Swiss team, three Belgian teams (Lion d'or), two INSEP (Herakles, archer). One Lublin 1967 (5 rings) is enclosed.

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Olympic Games/ Summer, 1964/ Tokyo/ Fashion show/ Esterel. Two historic pieces signed Jacques Esterel, official supplier of the French team's prestige outfits: a) the France blue jacket, with its four buttons (rooster and rings) on the front and two on the sleeves; b) the cardigan. A 1960 Rome parade beret with rooster inside is included.

Estim. 180 - 250 EUR

Olympic Games/ Winter, Summer, 1968/ Grenoble-Mexico/ Equipe de France. The beautiful official suitcase signed by a member of the French team: "Olympic Games 1968, rings, Grenoble-Mexico...". The large blue plastic case, rigid structure, with double white plastic edging. Top pocket with zipper. The central body features three closures, two with key locks, one central with flap. With three gold-plated back hinges. Good condition. 65Cmx36x25. Rare. The pair. A little confirmation for the bad spirits, yes, this athlete had baggage.

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Olympic Games/ Summer, 1968/ Mexico/ Air France/ Menu/ Autographs/ Exceptional "Air France menu for the French Olympic team flight from Toulouse to Mexico City, via Montreal. Friday, September 27, 1968. "Olympic Games Mexico 1968, Toulouse-Mexico flight by Boeing Intercontinental..." This one, called "Le Josselin", is superbly represented on the front page, by a watercolor by the subtle Pierre Pagès (born in 1933, Air France gave him wings, and thank God, he's still flying)...At the time, all Air France long-haul flights were named after a Loire château, as here. This marvellous souvenir of a unique flight features eight pages, three of which are devoted to lunch and dinner...For the record: lamb noisettes, salmon and tournedos are all there, along with a few fine bottles of Bordeaux and other wines...It's an embassy of savoir vivre and savoir manger on the move, and the three pages of autographs are a happy testimony to this....Among the more than 110 signatures and drawings (some of them duplicated in the euphoria), we find several future Olympic medallists, or great figures: Maryvonne Dupureur, Gapais, Arabo, Noël, Vallée, Cottard, Sainte-Rose, Villain, Carette, Wadoux, Boudehen, Gourrier, Maier, Cosentino, G.Barnay, Grava, Alayrangues, Ugolini...Forgive any deciphering errors or omissions, as some signatures are not easy to decipher...28x22, open: 28x45. A few stains testify to age and air holes...It bears on the front cover the words "Jack Le Goff, Sports Equestres, Bien amicalement, en souvenir de Mexico"...For nostalgia and autograph hunters.

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