Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 57 14 Apr 2021
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The Portland Collection, Commemorative Medals, Ballooning: Germany/France, Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809), French pioneer and professional aeronaut, The First Flight in Germany, white metal medal, 1785, by Johann Christian Reich, bust of Blanchard l. wearing periwig, FRANCOFURTI D. 3. OCTO., rev. the balloon over a panoramic cityscape of Frankfurt, Blanchard's dog suspended below, 46mm. (Malpas 13; JuF.910; Kaiser 5.3; BDM.V, 70), usual copper plug below bust, choice extremely fine
bt. Jan Lis.
The flight lasted 33 minutes, during which Blanchard dropped the dog suspended by a parachute (see image on the reverse of the following lot, 287), which landed on the city outskirts whilst Blanchard landed at Weilburg. Blanchard flew in England, was the first to cross the English Channel, and was the first to fly in several European countries and, watched by George Washington, the first to fly in America.
bt. Jan Lis.
The flight lasted 33 minutes, during which Blanchard dropped the dog suspended by a parachute (see image on the reverse of the following lot, 287), which landed on the city outskirts whilst Blanchard landed at Weilburg. Blanchard flew in England, was the first to cross the English Channel, and was the first to fly in several European countries and, watched by George Washington, the first to fly in America.