Commemorative Medals, Numismatic Books

Medals Related to Aviation, Launch of the Airship R101, 1929, an aluminium medal by Gaunt, airship in flight, rev. legend, 38mm (BHM 4226; E 2015); France, Notre Dame du Platin, Protectrice des Aviateurs, c. 1904, a silver Art Nouveau plaque, 32 x 30mm, together with other miscellaneous medals and awards (7), some aviation-related [9]. Mostly very fine; second in fitted case and pierced at corners for attachment to plane
£80-100

The Notre-Dame-du-Platin chapel was built at Saint-Palais-sur-Mer in 1904 to mark the exploits of the first airmen