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269 - JEAN MERMOZ’S AIR FORCE SECOND LIEUTENANT’S CAP
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JEAN MERMOZ’S AIR FORCE SECOND LIEUTENANT’S CAP Made of national blue cloth, adorned on the front with a motif of wings and a star in gold cannetille. Gold rank braid. Patent leather visor. Cord (showing minor wear) made of gold braid. Hemispherical buttons in the Air Force style. Lining with a black satin back and a black leather sweatband. Label from the tailor RICHARD, handwritten with a pen: “MERMOZ 4.5.35. No. 24809.” Worn beginning in 1935. Jean Mermoz’s Air Force second lieutenant’s cap Provenance: - Jean Mermoz (1901–1936); - Gabrielle Gillet-Mermoz (1880–1955); - Then passed down through the family
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