Image: France 1870 Aeronautics Token Medal, Siege of Paris, Hot Air Balloon Le Washington, reverse

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Description: France 1870 Aeronautics Token Medal, Siege of Paris, Hot Air Balloon Le Washington Cu-bronze medallion d. = 30 mm. Godard, Eugène, aeronaut, 1827 Clichy, France - 1890 Brussels, Belgium 2 lines around hot air balloon: "· PART DE LA GARE D' ORLEANS CONDUIT PAR EUGÉNE GODARD · LE WASHINGTON · * LE 12 XBRE 1870 *" / 3 lines: "BALLON DU SIÈGE DE PARIS". Curved above: "* RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE *". Button -. https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/decollage-du-ballon-le-washington-lors-du-siege-de-paris-12-decembre-1870#infos-principales This medal commemorates the flight of the balloon "Washington" on 12 December 1870 from Gare d'Orleans Paris to Carnières, Hauts-de-France, Eugéne Godard was the balloonist on this flight. Condition: Almost UNCIRCULATED.
Title: France 1870 Aeronautics Token Medal, Siege of Paris, Hot Air Balloon Le Washington, reverse
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Author: Berlin-George
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