174 - INTERESTING COLLECTION OF JEAN MERMOZ’S IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS

INTERESTING COLLECTION OF JEAN MERMOZ’S IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS (Pilot’s license, passport, South American ID cards, club membership cards, etc.) Including, notably: -A paper pilot’s license for public transport aircraft dated October 11, 1924, issued to Mr. Jean Mermoz, resident at 28 bis rue du Cardinal Lemoine, Paris, 5th arrondissement, renewed through 1932 following an annual medical examination, with photo; -Passport issued by the French Consulate in Buenos Aires, valid for one year starting March 3, 1928, issued to Mr. Jean Mermoz, chief pilot of the Compagnie Aéropostale, then aged 26, with a photo. Bears the stamps of various visas (Chile, Argentina, etc.); -Membership card of the French Professional Union (S.P.F.) for Air France personnel, issued to pilot Jean Mermoz on June 13, 1936, numbered 1/114, signed by the holder; -Membership card for the “Barcelona” Swimming Club issued to Jean Mermoz on June 1, 1925, signed by the holder; -Permanent pass for the Fifteenth International Aeronautical Exhibition, held from November 13 to November 29, 1936, signed by the holder; -Membership card of the Association of Aviation Flight Crew Professionals, issued to Jean Mermoz, an active member; -Honorary membership card of the Mutual Aid Society of the Latécoère Factories and Latécoère Airlines, awarded to Mr. Jean Mermoz for the year 1931; -International Aeronautical Federation license issued to Jean Mermoz for the year 1931, with photo; -Membership card from the Paris Region Federal Union awarded to Jean Mermoz on August 6, 1936; -Benefactor membership card from the Montagne-Noire Aero Club for Mr. Jean Mermoz; -Two membership cards from the Air Force Reserve Officers’ Association, from 1935 and 1936, for Mr. Jean Mermoz, reserve pilot lieutenant, 41 rue Molitor, Paris, 16th arrondissement; -Honorary membership card for the Francs-Joueurs Sports Association at the Lycée Émile Duclaux in Aurillac, from 1935–1936; -Argentine driver’s license (Conductor de Automovil) from the Las Conchas office, issued to Jean (“Juan”) Mermoz in 1929, with photo; -Argentine identity card for “Don Juan Mermoz,” aviator, issued in 1928, with photograph, signature, and fingerprint; -Membership card for the Club Français issued to Jean Mermoz in Buenos Aires on January 26, 1933; -Honorary membership card for the Club Sportif Montaudranais issued to Jean Mermoz, a member of the Aéropostale; -Honorary membership card for the Reale Aero Club d’Italia issued to Jean Mermoz; -Membership card from the Dinard Aero Club awarded to Jean Mermoz for the year 1936; -Membership card from the Auvergne Aero Club awarded to Jean Mermoz for the year 1931; -Membership card for the Jean Mermoz Gymnastics and Fencing Club, Buenos Aires, 1919, with photo; -Business card case bearing the inscription “Jean Mermoz / Chief Pilot of Aeropuerto Cia. Gral. Aeropostal / Buenos Aires.” An interesting collection of Jean Mermoz’s identity documents Provenance: - Jean Mermoz (1901–1936); - Gabrielle Gillet-Mermoz (1880–1955); - Passed down through the family