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Medals Related to Aviation, Death of Capt. Georges Guynemer, 1917, a bronze medal by J.-P. Legastelois, bust left in heavily bemedalled uniform, reverse Archangel supporting a tablet and flanked by storks, 68mm (CGMP p.234; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.21, 81; cf. DNW 37, 1255). About extremely fine (£40-50)

Issued by the Monnaie in 1940.

Capt. Georges Guynemer (1894-1917), France’s most decorated air ace in World War I. The stork on the reverse was the motif of Guynemer’s squadron