300 - IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF OBJECTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND DOCUMENTS RELATED TO ALFRED AUGER’S CAREER IN CIVIL AND MILITARY AVIATION

IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF OBJECTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND DOCUMENTS RELATED TO ALFRED AUGER’S CAREER IN CIVIL AND MILITARY AVIATION Including: - Set of decorations: Third Republic officer’s star, silver, gold, and enamel model; 1914–1915 War Cross with four bronze palms; Third Republic Military Medal, in silver, vermeil and enamel (minor chips), bronze Combatant’s Cross, 1914–1918 Commemorative Medal, bronze Inter-Allied Medal, and bronze Verdun Medal. Ribbons with fastening clips (the one for the Inter-Allied Medal is heavily damaged). - Certificates of appointment as Knight and Officer of the Legion of Honor in the name of Alfred Auger, with the mailing tube for the Knight’s certificate. - Rare pilot’s certificate made of brass and silver plated metal, numbered “B 2790” on the back. Its paper certificate bore the number 614. - A pair of binoculars used by Alfred Auger, in their case, marked “Lemaire à Paris – Lumineuse.” - Flight logbooks and notebooks, including the flight logbook for the Caudron 286/VII (in which he was killed), a flight log covering the period from 1922 until his death in 1936, and three logbooks. - A collection of nineteen war diaries by Alfred Auger in which he recorded his military and civilian activities as well as more general reflections on the events of the war. - Four collections of documents mounted on heavy paper: Details of military life, appointment notices, authorization to wear the Inter-Allied Medal, newspaper clippings, conduct certificates, and identification cards. A collection devoted to his work as a balloon pilot, including various letters, photographs, and gondola diagrams. A collection devoted to his work as a glider designer and pilot, notably including numerous notes and plans for the Abrial glider he designed. A substantial collection containing numerous documents and photographs related to his wartime years, including safe-conducts, the text of his citations, a notebook with citations and photographs of his comrades, and a pay stub booklet - A photo album documenting Auger’s work in civil aviation throughout his life (215 photographs), including views of hot-air balloons, various air shows Auger attended after the war, and views of gliders, including one designed by Auger. A view of his plane after the fatal crash in 1936. The vast majority of the people and aircraft are identified. - Extensive photo album (over 300 photographs) chronicling Alfred Auger’s wartime experiences, from his departure from his home in Neuilly in 1914 until the end of the war. Numerous photographs of squadron personnel, airplanes, and Auger’s medal ceremonies. The vast majority of the photographs are labeled with names and locations. - Numerous photographs of Alfred Auger as a child, during his service with the 3rd Engineer Regiment, during and after the war, some in uniform in front of his airplane, and from the end of his life. - A bound eulogy with a hand-drawn cover enhanced with gouache. - A stereoscope with a very large collection of stereoscopic plates depicting numerous battlefields, airplanes, and aircraft. - Three family biographies dedicated to Alfred Auger and his son André Auger. An important collection of objects, photographs, and documents relating to Alfred Auger’s career in civil and military aviation Provenance: - Alfred Auger (1876–1936); - Then passed down through successive generations to the present day.