Medals Related to Aviation, France, Aero-Club De France, 1921, Æ prize medal (first issued in 1903), by Marcus, named ‘Grand Prix, Pilote Auguste Maicon, 55mm, cased (PBE 580; B & B [1992], 117). Extremely fine (£50-70)

The French Aero Club was founded in 1898; the aviation committee created in 1903 and its aviator’s licence in 1909