Auction Catalogue

21 March 2001

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Ancient, Celtic, British and World Coins. Tokens, Tickets and Passes. Historical and Art Medals. Numismatic Books. British and World Paper Money.

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

Lot

№ 1060

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21 March 2001

Hammer Price:
£60

Medals Related to Aviation, France, Aviation, 1920, a bronze medal by P.-M. Dammann, similar, engraved (Don du Ministre de l’Air), 50mm (CGMP p.115; cf. DNW 37, 1269 and 48, 952); First Crossing of the North Atlantic from East to West, 1930, a bronze medal by L. Desvignes for Lemaitre, conjoined busts of Costes and Bellonte left, reverse Breguet biplane over a map of the route, Breguet legend in tablet below, 50mm (cf. DNW 40, 715 and 42, 1308) [2]. Very fine, first patinated (£40-60)

Dieudonné Costes (1892-1973) and M. Bellonte left Paris at 11am on 1 Sept1930, arriving in New York, via Boston, just after midnight on 3 Sept. They flew a Breguet monoplane, the Point d'Interrogation, powered by a 65hp Hispano-Suiza engine