Aviation artifacts [realia], 1878-194[?].

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Aviation artifacts [realia], 1878-194[?].

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The collection consists of a Nazi dagger in scabbard (most likely a reproduction); a 50th Anniversary Lindbergh tour medal; a Gnome (WWI aero engine) ash tray; an 1878 souvenir medal of Henri Giffard balloon ascension; and, a 75 mm. brass shell case engraved "In memory of the war, 85th Aero Squadron, 1914-1918 France."

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University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7936789

University of Virginia. Library

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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-...

United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Aero Squadron, 85th

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Giffard, Henry, 1699-1772

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