Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 29 19 Mar 2019
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Commemorative Medals, Aviation, Jewish Heritage and Banking: the Compagnie Franco-Roumaine de Navigation Aérienne, founded 1920, by Aristide Blank, bronze medal, by Henry Nocq, two bi-planes over map of Europe with flight-lines from Paris to Bucharest etc., rev. bi-plane flies over speeding stage-coach, car and train, QUÆ SINT QUÆ FUERINT QUÆ MOX VENTURA TRAHANTUR, 72mm. (Dogan 6801), extremely fine
Aristide Blank (1883-1960), Jewish Romanian financier, economist and banker, with interests in America. He was the victim of an attack in April 1924 in an incident that sparked an anti-Semitic campaign in Bucharest. The airline he founded was a French-Romanian enterprise, using French-built Potez aircraft it provided passenger, mail and cargo transportation, by air, from Paris to Bucharest, via Strasbourg, Prague, Vienna and Budapest.
(250-350 GBP)
Aristide Blank (1883-1960), Jewish Romanian financier, economist and banker, with interests in America. He was the victim of an attack in April 1924 in an incident that sparked an anti-Semitic campaign in Bucharest. The airline he founded was a French-Romanian enterprise, using French-built Potez aircraft it provided passenger, mail and cargo transportation, by air, from Paris to Bucharest, via Strasbourg, Prague, Vienna and Budapest.
(250-350 GBP)