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Categories • Coin Galleries August 2006 → Medals, Tokens and Decorations → World Medals → Aviation - Ballooning |
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Lot # |
Description |
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Hammer Price |
| 926 |
James Sadler, First English Balloonist Medal, 1811
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$450.00
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White Metal, 52.6mm. By Peter Wyon. BHM 712, Malpas 26. About Uncirculated. Obv. Sadler head l., FIRST ENGLISH AERONAUT, later died in a balloon accident. Rev. Detailed view of balloon gondola during its 21st ascent, flying from Birmingham to Boston (Lincolnshire) in October 1811, a distance of 112 miles in an hour and 20 minutes. Lustrous with a few... (Est. $750-$950) more |
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| 927 |
Andrée and Nansen Polar Expeditions Medal, 1896
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AU |
$200.00
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White Metal, 50mm. By August Högle. Malpas 156. About Uncirculated. Obv. Fridthof Nansen and his ship Fram, 1893. Rev. Solomon Andrée and the balloon in whose arctic crash the explorer lost his life in June 1896. (Est. $300-$400) |
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| 928 |
Italo Balbo Rome-Chicago Flight Medal, 1933
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CH AU |
$400.00
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.800 Silver, 60.6mm. By Publio Morbiducci. Choice About Uncirculated. Obv. Winged Italia head l., itinerary Rome-Chicago New York-Rome. Rev. Stylized flying boat-s, Great Circle route from Colosseum to Skyscrapers. Air Marshal Balbo crossed the Atlantic in both direction with eight massive flying boats to visit Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition.... (Est. $150-$250) more |
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