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Medal - Vincent Lunardi First Balloon Flight; bronze

Features

Location United Kingdom
Król George III (1760-1820)
Type Commemorative medals
Year 1784
Composition Brąz
Weight 14.2 g
Diameter 35.15 mm
Shape Okrągły
Technique Frezowana
Number
N#
405580
References BHM# 260
Laurence Brown. British Historical Medals. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom (3 volumes).
, Eimer# 811
Christopher Eimer. British Commemorative Medals and their Values. London, United Kingdom (2 volumes).
, Malpas# 10
Evelyn Malpas; 1989. Lighter than Air: Two hundred years of ballooning in numismatics. British Art Medal Society, London, United Kingdom.
, Slg. Joos# 7
Michael Joos; 2018. Medaillen, Plaketten, Abzeichen der Luftfahrt 1783 - 1945: Die Sammlung Joos = Medals, Plaques, and Badges of Aviation 1783–1945: The Joos Collection. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany.

Commemorative issue

Pierwszy lot balonem w AngliiAutomatically translated

Obverse

(en) Bust of Vincenzo Lunardi left

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
VINCENT LUNARDI
FIRST AERIAL TRAVELLER IN ENGLAND

Reverse

(en) Balloon above clouds

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
ET SE PROTINIES AETHEREA TOLLIT INASTRA VIA
SEPTEMBUS 15 MDCCLXXXIV

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1784 

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