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304 - RELIQUARY MADE FROM PARTS ATTRIBUTED TO “OLD CHARLES No. 1,” ONE OF AS GEORGES GUYNEMER’S AIRCRAFT
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RELIQUARY MADE FROM PARTS ATTRIBUTED TO “OLD CHARLES No. 1,” ONE OF AS GEORGES GUYNEMER’S AIRCRAFT Made of ash wood, aluminum, and brass, decorated with ribbons, laurel leaves, and a butterfly. Rectangular base bearing an old handwritten label on the underside: “Made by me (…) from the wreckage of the Nieuport fighter ‘Le Vieux Charles No. 1’ belonging to Sergeant Guynemer …. Vadelancourt, March 1916. (…) from the wing—a natural piece of propeller blade, aluminum, and mahogany from the cowling.” “Apart from the aircraft’s number cut out from the (…)” H.: 44.5 cm W.: 76 cm A reliquary made with elements attributed to the “Vieux Charles No. 1,” one of the aircraft flown by the ace Georges Guynemer Provenance: - Marielle de Ferré de Péroux, war godmother and volunteer army nurse; - Then passed down through the family.
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