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Description: | 106 MEDALLIC ART CO N Y
whole description : MODEL
piece obverse design : King Albert I and Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians, joint busts, left profile. King Albert wears a uniform and cap.
Elisabeth wears a scarf. Beneath the busts a scroll bearing the motto "FORTISSIMI.SUNT.BELGAE." Below the scroll the seal of the American
Numismatic Society, a cluster of oakleaves with the letters "A", "N" and "S"
piece obverse text : "KING + ALBERT + AND + QUEEN + ELISABETH + OF + THE + BELGIANS +"
piece reverse design : flying boat, possibly a Felixstowe F2A, flying from right to left above the sea. At lower left, above horizon, a
bank of cloud and at lower right, flying above the sea, a seagull
piece reverse text : "COMMEMORATING.THEIR.AERIAL.CROSSING.OF.THE.ENGLISH CHANNEL.JULY.MDCCCCXVIII." (around edge)
Association - event: Schulman, see Documentation, writes 'This medallion was struck in commemoration of the aeroplane
flight of King Albert and of Queen Elisabeth across the English Channel in order to attend the silver wedding of King George and Queen
Mary' | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | First World War & English Channel Albert I portrait / personification Queen of Belgium King of Belgium commemorative Elisabeth Aerial Crossing of by King Albert and Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians & 7/1918 | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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