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I clicked on reply and pasted a pic/image from Heritage.....nothing happened .

Do I need to use one of the symbols above ?
Also where is "full size" found?

Thanks for helping

 

I am not sure it is possible to drag a picture from another website direct into a reply. Save the image on your own device, and then drag it from file manager into the reply.
The "full size" bit comes after Cointalk has recognised the picture - you can include it either as a thumbnail link or as a full size picture.

 

It's called "full image," I think.

 

Interesting article.
In France, we've had a 10 francs commemorative coin about balooning. Nice piece and usually not expensive

not my coin, not my picture (courtesy of CGB)


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Were any made out of lead?

 

Excellent article!

Here's my contribution, a Franklin D. Roosevelt presidential political token with the US Capitol and a dirigible on the reverse.


Franklin D. Roosevelt "Lucky Tillicum" Coin - US Capitol and Dirigible
Brass, 32 mm, 12.86 gm

Obverse:
Franklin D. Roosevelt facing left.
LUCKY TILLICUM / REBUILD WITH ROOSEVELT
Reverse:
United States Capitol building and Dirigible flying
UNITED STATES CAPITOL

The dirigible is probably the US Navy rigid airship USS Akron which was built by the Goodyear-Zeppelin company and launched in 1931.

 

I was fortunate to add this one from Karl Stephens.



Silver medal 1909 (by Wilhelm Oskar Prack, 1869-1943, b. Poellath IL), Schrobenfahrtsraut exhibition in Frankfurt

Obverse: Nude woman sits, in the background on the right Zeppelin, below THROUGH THE - FLOATING WORLD / I FLY - THE WIND'S FLIGHT! / SCHILLER
Reverse: Free balloon with ILA on 4 lines, dedication and year,

Diameter: 60mm
Weight: ???

Malpas 180; FM 63; Kaiser 338.78.80 g. R vz
The quote comes from the first stanza of Schiller's poem "The size of the world" from 1781.

 

Another new one. I was completely unaware of this one. It looks like it is going to be a new research topic for me.



Sweden / Norway

The Failed Expeditions of 1893 and 1896-1897, White Metal Medal, 1896 [7], by Augustus Högel, Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (1861-1930)

Obverse: port-side portrait of the Fram, medallic insert of Nansen,
Reverse: Salomon August Andrée (1854-1897), the Arctic Balloon Expedition, the balloon Oernen over partial globe, medallic insert of Andrée

Diameter: 50mm

(Malpas 156; MH III, 335)

Nansen had started on an expedition in 1895 but was forced to abandon ship. He was rescued from Cape Flora in June 1896. He was later (1905) Norway's first ambassador to England.Bad weather forced the postponement of Andrée's expedition from 1896 to the following year, when he and two crewmen, Nils Strindberg and Knut Fraenkel, took off from Svalbard on the 11 July and vanished.

 

This is the first nice piece that I have added to this set in a while.



France, Flight of the Montgolfier de Flesselles Balloon
BRONZE MEDAL
BY GATTEAUX

Diameter: 42mm
Weight: 36g

 

1983 France 10 francs

 

Great thread OP! I'm not sure if there are any coins or tokens that depict, but observation balloons of WW1 are an interesting subject. I can't imagine the type of fortitude it would have taken to be risen to the sky in one of those.

 

During the Franco Prussian war, 1870-1871, the French, and I assume the Prussians used messenger pigeons and hot air balloons to facilitate military communications.

When visiting my local coin shop in San Jose a few years ago, I saw this French medal in the display case. Buying it was no-brainer, or I should say non-brainer.

It is a large silver medal (61mm, 116.6 grams), marked "Argent" on the edge. There were also medals of this design in bronze. This medal commemorates the aerial communications of the Ministry of War during this war, which included as sequel, the bloody revolution in Paris, known as the Commune of Paris (more of that later when I post my 5 francs issued by the Commune). I assume that this medal was produced in or shortly after 1871.

Depicted on the first side is what I think is a personification of France, sitting next to a cannon in a battlement or fort, arms outstretched to receive a messenger pigeon, a hot air balloon is to the right, Paris 1870-1871 in the exergue.

The second side has the legends MINISTERE DE LA GUERRE above and COMMUNICATIONS AERINNES in the exergue. The central design is a messenger pigeon in flight, and what seems to be the Arch de Triumph and fort to the left and a country village house or cottage to the right. There's also a blank central panel to accommodate engraving, which has been done to the example. I have seen others with blank panels, so perhaps engraving is the exception for this medal.




If anyone has more information about this medal, I would appreciate the input.

Thank you.

 

That's a lovely medal, with a wonderful Art Nouveau style.

 

1989 extremely rare Isle of Man £2

 

A very reasonable new addition. Seller said it's from Bulgaria but I still need to verify that.

 

@robinjojo, here's what I found about it : https://www.cgb.fr/guerre-de-1870-1871-medaille-de-la-communication-aerienne-ttb,fme_445874,a.html

https://www.cgb.fr/guerre-de-1870-1871-medaille-communications-aeriennes-ttb,fme_741844,a.html

Comments are in french, but I'm sure Google will manage to translate. In case it fails, please feel free to ask, I can help

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I just came across some medals by Pinches on eBay that were reasonable enough to add to the collection.





Apparently, these are part of a set honoring the RAF.

 

I know I have a better one somewhere, but this is all I could scare up from my aviation themed medals. Get out a magnifying glass and you can see a balloon and a dirigible in the upper left.