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Auction 76  3 Jun 2023
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Lot 334

Estimate: 80 GBP
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Ballooning: France, Henri Giffard's Captive Balloon Ascent over Paris, at the Exposition Universelle, gilt-bronze medal, 1878, by C. Trotin, balloon over a view of Paris, rev. legend in six lines, 51mm. (Malpas 101, 102), each with suspension loop, ring and ribbon, one with 'dumbbell' suspender, both extremely fine (2)
Henri Giffard (1825-1882) also invented the steam injector and gave his name to a powered dirigible airship.

Estimate: 80 - 120 GBP
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