Lindbergh Memorial Medallion - The Explorer

€2.00
LocationUnited States
Year1977
TypeCollection medallion
CompositionSilver (.925)
Weight30.7 g
Diameter39 mm
Thickness3 mm
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
EdgePlain with inscription at base.
Lettering: INTERNATIONAL STERLING Lettering: INTERNATIONAL STERLING Translation: International Silver Company
Period
NoticeMarcel Jovine
Reference(s)
Obverse descriptionCharles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh in flight gear with their seaplane, the Lockheed Sirius `Tingmissartoq` from 1929 in the background. Commemorated flights of this aircraft were recorded in Anne`s books North to the Orient and Listen! The Wind! The plane is on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.
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Obverse script
Reverse descriptionAn eagle as a logo at top above a Lindbergh quote.
Reverse letteringCHARLES A. LINDBERGH THE LONE EAGLE THE EXPLORER `The stratoliners of the future will cross continents, aloof from both the problems and the beauty of the earth below.` IS
Reverse scriptLatin
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MintageND (1977)  - -
Catalog ID4904985630
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