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live December 5 | 10:00 AM
Hôtel des ventes Giraudeau

365 - France, World War I.

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Estimation

€30 - 50

Sale fees

24%

France, World War I. Lot of miscellaneous documents, including: - Postcards, including views of destroyed villages in the Marne, "Poilus" soldiers, 4 accordion-fold postcards forming a panoramic view of the "Gulf of Thessaloniki," 4 postcards showing Belgium and its army, 6 American "Doughboy" postcards, blank “Correspondence of the Armies of the Republic” postcards, etc. (Some reproductions and reprints) - Newspapers “Le petit Journal” and “Journal de Chinon,” Sunday, February 17, 1918 edition. - Portfolio of photographs of the Battlefields of Verdun. 24 x 32 cm. - Sheet music for patriotic songs: “Gloire aux Armées de 1914,” “Quand MADELON,” “Le Rêve passe,” “La Brabançonne,” and the U.S. national anthem “The Star-Spangled Banner.” - Certificates of subscription to national defense bonds, “CREDIT NATIONAL” booklet. - Booklet “War 1914–1918—Memoirs of a Volunteer Soldier, A. Deumie—5th Horse-Drawn Carriage Unit.” Bound photocopies. 19 x 12 cm. - Booklet titled “Regulations for the Maneuvering of the Military Transport Train,” 1915 edition. 19 x 11 cm. (Signs of wear and tear, small tears, stains, and yellowing; as is). Included is a “1914–1918” Croix de Guerre, bronze, complete with its ribbon bearing a bronze star for a commendation in the regimental order. (Very good condition).

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Auction details

Militaria
Saturday, December 5
10:00 AM
25 Rue Joseph-Cugnot
37300 Joue-les--tours, France

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Hôtel des ventes Giraudeau +33 2 47 37 71 71 contact@hdv-giraudeau.fr
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 130,000 lots published

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