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Sold on 20 February 2019

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A Collection of Medals Relating to Aviation, the Property of a Gentleman

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№ 1411

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21 February 2019

Hammer Price:
£75

France, Montgolfier Brothers’ Flight from the Champ de Mars, 1783, a copper medal by N.M. Gatteaux, conjoined busts left, rev. balloon above clouds depositing rain over the Champ de Mars, 42mm (Malpas 3; BDM II, 210). Minor surface marks on obverse, otherwise very fine £100-£120

Provenance: H-P. Wipfler Collection, DNW Auction 70C, 11 July 2006, lot 2398