Portrait of French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It was during a reconnaissance mission aboard a P-38 that he disappeared on July 31, 1944.
Obverse lettering
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY
1900 - 1944
P38 Lightning
MUSEE DE L`AIR ET DE L`ESPACE
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Star-shaped listel interrupted by the vintage at 6 o`clock. In the center, the Monnaie de Paris building with a star above at 12 o`clock and a star below at 6 o`clock.
Reverse lettering
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MONNAIE DE PARIS
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2007
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
