A Collection of Historical and Art Medals

Medals Related to Aviation, France, 1928. World Aviation Tour by Costes and Le Brix, bronze plaque by A. Maillard, awarded to their engineer Mr Veron, 81 x 65mm. Very fine to extremely fine, very rare (£180-220)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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Dieudonné Costes and Joseph le Brix completed a world tour between October 1927 and April 1928 in the Breguét biplane Nungesser-Coli, fitted with a 600hp Hispano-Suiza engine. Their engineer, Mr Veron, designed and tuned the Hispano-Suiza engine especially for long-distance flying reliability.