AVIATION - Lot 2

AVIATION Three bronze table medals: - Jean Mermoz, three-quarter back bust, sg. Georges GUIRAUD. Reverse: an eagle flying over the Atlantic Ocean, represented by vaques between France and South America. Underneath, a quotation from Mermoz: L'AVIATION, TRAIT D'UNION IDEAL,/SUPPRIME L'OBSTACLE NATUREL QUI/EMPECHA SI LONGTEMPS DES PEUPLES/ISSUS D'UNE MEME RACE LATINE/DE SE RECONNAITRE. Diameter: 68 mm. - Obverse: East-West crossing of the North Atlantic by Costes and Bellonte, the aviators' busts in left profile, sbg. Reverse: a plane flying over the Atlantic Ocean, the flight depicted and dated between France and North America. Below: HISPANO-SUIZA / TO THE ARTISANS OF VICTORY / SEPTEMBER ? 1930. Diameter: 50 mm. - AIR FRANCE two opposite shrimps, sbd. P. Poisson. Reverse: signs of the zodiac in exergue, RESEAU AERIEN MONDIAL a plane in flight in center. Diameter: 63 mm.