103729 | GERMANY. International Airship Exhibition gilt bronze Medal.

103729  |  GERMANY. International Airship Exhibition gilt bronze Medal. Issued 1909 for the expo held in Frankfurt from 10 July to 17 October (60mm, 79.29 g, 12h). By Wilhelm Oskar Prack for Carl Poellath in Schrobenhausen.

 

Nude female seated right, extending arms in front of and behind her; airship at a distance to right; in two lines in exergue, DURCH DIE – SCHWEBENDE WELT / FLIEG ICH – DES WINDES FLUG // Hot air balloon bearing the letters ILA (internationale luftschiffahrt ausstellung); in three lines across field, LUFTSCHIF – FAHRT / AUSSTEL – LUNG / FRANK – FURT A/M. Edge: C. POELLATH SCHROBENHAUSEN.

 

Hans Kaiser 338.1; cf. Button 63 (bronze); Joos I.345; Malpas 180; Heidemann 839. Choice Mint State. Mostly brassy-yellow surfaces.

 

An immensely important international aviation expo that lasted 100 days and saw well over one million visitors, the ILA, or Internationale Luftschiffahrt-Ausstellung, took place in Frankfurt. Though airships were the main focus, the expo served as a celebration of all things in the aviation realm, with flight by airplane just beginning to be recognized for its soon-to-be-superior status.

 

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