CFRNA aka FRnA Medal, 1923, obverse

The Obverse shows a decorative Scene, depicting the Advantages of air Travels over other Alternatives.

A Bréguet-SPAD Biplane soaring over an open touring Car, a Stagecoach and a steam Train in the same Landscape.

These are encircled by the Company Motto:

‘QUÆ SINT QUÆ FUERINT QUÆ MOX VENTURA TRAHANTUR’ from Virgil’s Georgica IV:393, about Proteus, meaning ‘He sees what is, and was, and is to come’.

 

Artwork by Henry NOCQ (1868-1944)

more about him here

flic.kr/p/24GdZ9c

and here in french

fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Nocq

 

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)

Done