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315 - EXCEPTIONAL AND RARE MEMORABILIA FROM THE SPIRIT OF SAINT LOUIS BELONGING TO PILOT EDMOND DE GAVARDIE
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EXCEPTIONAL AND RARE MEMORABILIA FROM THE SPIRIT OF SAINT LOUIS BELONGING TO PILOT EDMOND DE GAVARDIE Piece of fabric Made of painted aluminum fabric, in two pieces joined together with the pencil inscription “SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS” 23 x 45 mm Presented in a double-sided gilded brass reliquary frame, inscribed on the front: “PIECE OF THE INDRADOS FABRIC FROM THE RIGHT WING OF THE SPIRIT OF SAINT-LOUIS TAKEN BY EDMOND DE GAVARDIE IN THE BOURGET HANGAR ON MAY 22, 1927, IN THE COMPANY OF LIONEL DE MARMIER AND RENÉ FONCK – THE SMALL ONE WAS GIVEN TO ME BY EDMOND IN 1950 AND THE LARGE ONE AFTER HIS DEATH IN 1966” 94 x 68 mm An exceptional and rare memento of the Spirit of Saint Louis, from pilot Edmond de Gavardie: a fragment of the aircraft’s fabric covering Provenance: - Edmond de Gavardie, pilot, World War I ace; - Then passed down through the family; - Private collection.
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