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CFRNA aka FRnA Medal, 1923, SPAD detail

Aircraft is a biplane Blériot-SPAD S.46, registred F-ADAR, and 1923 lend as Support Plane by Company to a forgotten, cursed, french Expedition: the Bapt Mission, a tragically aborted french round the World Trip.

 

Bronze

Metal (cuivre, for 97% copper) and Monnaie de Paris (horn of plenty) Hallmarks on Edge

Diam.: 72,3 mm (2.85in)

Wght.: 154g. (5.43oz)

 

Art by Henry NOCQ (1868-1944)

more about him here

flic.kr/p/24GdZ9c

and here in french

fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Nocq

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Uploaded on April 11, 2018
Taken on April 11, 2018