Watch List notes:

The Portland Collection, Commemorative Medals, Ballooning: England, James Sadler (1751-1828), the first English aeronaut, The Record Speed Flight over Birmingham and the Midlands, white metal medal, 1812, by Peter Wyon, bust of James Sadler l., rev. balloon marked THE 21 ASCENT with two figures in ornamental gondola, 52mm. (BHM.712; Eimer 1020; Malpas 26), somewhat knocked and bruised, about very fine
*ex Baldwin Auction (10 May 2013), lot 3128.
James Sadler made his first flight 4 October 1784, in a Montgolfier-type balloon. See note to previous two lots (288, 289).