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AUCTION 29: MILITARY ORDERS, DECORATIONS, ARMS AND ARMOR
Beautiful commemorative gilt-bronze medal celebrating Henry Giffard’s balloon ascent in 1878 across Paris in France. The obverse depicts a ballon ascending over the City of Paris, Panorama of PARIS 1878. The reverse reads "Souvenir De Mon Ascension Dans Le Grand Ballon Captif a Vapeur De Mr Henry Giffard." With an original ribbon.
Dimensions: 2 x 2 in., (51 x 51 mm.)
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