FRANCE: AR medal (35.94g), 1783, cf. Malpas-2743, Forrer II, 210, 42mm silver medal for the First Flight of the Montgolfier Brothers and the Balloon of Jacques Charles by Nicolas Marie Gatteaux, conjoined busts of the Brothers left with JOSE.ET ETIEN. - MONTGOLFIER - POUR AVOIR RENDU L'AIR NAVIGABLE around // Genius riding clouds lights ascending balloon as Earth, accompianied by two lions, looks on from below, with ATTONTUS ORBIS - TERRARUM around and ITINERE PER AERA FELICITER / TENATO ANNO / MDCCLXXXIII in exergue, restrike with bee privy mark struck sometime between 1860 and 1879, very lightly cleaned, ARGENT stamped on edge, EF, S.
Estimate: 550-650 USD