Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt
- artist:
- Johann Christian Reich
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Medal commemorating flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt, Germany, 3 October 1785. Metal [lead?]; 45mm diameter, thickness 3mm. Obverse: legend, Blanchard sursum decimum quintum faciens iter. Francofurti Da 3. Octo.; low relief profile representation Head and shoulders to left, in wig, artist signed at base, Reich. [=Johann Christian Reich 1740-1814]. Reverse: legend, Gallia saepius plausit! Iam Germania plaude. MDCCLXXXV. [1785]. ; scene of Blanchard in his balloon and gondola with two flags, above cityscape of Frankfurt viewed from the west with a bridge across the river Main
Details
- Category:
- Coins, Medals & Tokens
- Object Number:
- 1950-318/3
- Materials:
- metal [lead?] and complete
- Measurements:
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overall: 3 mm, 45 mm, .031 kg
- type:
- medal
- credit:
- Penn-Gaskell Collection
