CNG 88, Lot: 1998. Estimate $300. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE. Jean-Pierre Blanchard, inventor. 1753-1809. AR Medal (31mm, 7.68 g, 12h). Commemorating the Flight over Warszawa (Warsaw). By F. Loos. Dated 1788 in Roman numerals. IOANNES PETRUS BLANCHARD, bust right, wearing overcoat / IMPAVIDUS SORTEM NON TIMET ICARIAM/VARSOVIAE MDCCLXXXVIII (undaunted, he does not fear an icarian fate), balloon and parachute flying over cityscape. Malpas 20; Czapski 3557. Good VF, toned, a few marks.