Records of the U.S. Mint. 1792 - 2007. Correspondence Relating to the Lindbergh Commemorative Medal

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Records of the U.S. Mint. 1792 - 2007. Correspondence Relating to the Lindbergh Commemorative Medal

1928-1930

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/624910

This series consists of correspondence records pertaining to the designs for a commemorative medal of Charles A. Lindbergh, the first person ever to perform a solo non-stop Trans-Atlantic flight in an airplane.

1 linear inch

eng, Latn

National Archives at Philadelphia

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SNAC Resource ID: 6494718

National Archives at Philadelphia

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Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974

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Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. At the age of 25 in 1927, he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the Orteig Prize for making a nonstop flight from New York City to Paris. Lindbergh covered the ​33 1⁄2-hour, 3,600-statute-mile (5,800 km) flight alone in a purpose-built, single-engine Ryan monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis. While the first non-...