France Medal 1st East West Transatlantic Flight 1930 Breguet 19, Costes & Bellonte

FRANCE: Commemorative medal for the 1st Non-
Stop East-West Transatlantic flight (1-3 Sep. 1930, 
by a Breguet 19 Super Bidon).
Signed by Lemaitre and Desvignes.
The Breguet 19 was a light bomber aircraft that 
was used for numerous record breaking flights.
The Breguet 19 Super Bidon was designed 
especially for the purpose of a transatlantic 
flight. 
It was named "Point d'Interrogation" 
("Question Mark"). 
Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte, on 1–3 
September 1930, flew from Paris to New York 
City, a distance of 6.200 km (3.900 mi) making 
the first Non-Stop East-West crossing by a
fixed-wing aircraft of the North Atlantic
The medal was issued to the employees of 
Breguet (a French Aircraft Industry) who were 
involved in the operation and it is quite rare.
Diameter: 50mm

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1st Transatlantic East-West Flight - 1930

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