Lot 4820
Italy. Medal for Italo Balboas Transatlantic Flight, 1933. Silvered bronze. 59.4 mm. By P. Morbiducci. General Balbo led a mass formation of twenty-five flying boats to Chicagos Worlds Fair 1933, then on to New York and back to Rome. Obverse: Stylized winged female head left, CROCIERA AEREA DEL DECENNALE, ROMA-CHICAGO NEW YORK ROMA, around; Reverse: Buildings, Polar Bear, airplanes, etc. around, REDIT ITALIA PER AETHERA MVSSOLINE DVCE BALBO DVCTORE, in five lines at center, MCMXXXIII.IX. below. About Uncirculated.
Estimated Value $50 - 100.
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| Realized $161 |
