Lot no. 9
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Estimate: €75
ORLEANS (45) - CROIX ROUGE FRANCAISE - SOCIETE de SECOURS aux BLESSES MILITAIRES des armées de terre et de mer - Two good unique documents:
- franked correspondence postcard from the ORLEANS COMMITTEE, specially illustrated by Joseph Beuzon. Travelled, dated 25 October 1914, a well-cared-for soldier gives news to his parents. On the back, also with letterhead illustrated with the statue of Joan of Arc, BORROW STAMP of the AUXILIARY HOSPITAL of TERRITORY No. 4 ( * ).
- card correspondence souvenir personal manufacture of a nurse. On the right is a small photograph, original bromide 41 x 55 mm, of the interior of the chapel of Auxiliary Hospital No. 4 and a very pretty text illuminated in red and gold, perfectly calligraphed: "This humble altar which received so many prayers...or inspired so much devotion...will forever remain for the nurses of Hospital No. 4 the beloved centre of moving and imperishable memories". Orléans 17 August 1914 - 7 July 1917.
( * ) Hospital No. 4 in Orléans: located in the Ecole Normale d' Instituteurs at 72 Fg Bourgogne, 101 beds.
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