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ORIGINAL 1909 FRENCH AVIATION MEDAL BRONZE
Approximately L 3 1/8\" x H 2 1/4\" x T 1/8\" .
Condition is very good with a great old patina.
Tri-panel design with central winged figure of Genius (Spirit of Aviation), bi-plane to the left anda dirigible to the right.
Inscribed below: Navigation and Aerienne (aerial navigation). Signed lower right: A. MORLON
Tri-panel design: to the left a seated man observing flying birds, plain panel at the center fornaming, and a man working on an airplane engine to the right. Inscriptions below: Le rêve/conçoit and La science/ réalise (The dream conceives; science realizes)
Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (1878-1951) French sculptor and medalist, was a pupil of AlexandreFalguière, Antonin Mercié and Jules-Clément Chaplain at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts , Paris, andexhibited at the Salon from 1900,winning a gold medal in 1920 and a medal of honour in 1926.He was responsible for numerous war memorials, including those at Charolles and La Clayette,Saône-et-Loire, and at Rambevilliers, Vosges, and is noted in particular for his medals related toWorld War I.
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