Auction Catalogue

17 November 1999

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Ancient, Celtic, British, Irish and World Coins, Tokens, and Historical Medals

The Regus Conference Centre  12 St James Square  London  SW1Y 4RB

Lot

№ 990

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17 November 1999

Hammer Price:
£70

Medals Related to Aviation, France, Aero-Club De France, 1921, Æ prize medal (first issued in 1903), by Marcus, named ‘Grand Prix, Pilote Auguste Maicon, 55mm, cased (PBE 580; B & B [1992], 117). Extremely fine (£50-70)

The French Aero Club was founded in 1898; the aviation committee created in 1903 and its aviator’s licence in 1909