Rare medal Jean-Pierre Blanchard on the occasion of the first balloon flight in the Commonwealth, Berlin 1788.
Medal by Daniel Friedrich Loos, signed.
Obverse: bust of Blanchard right, signature F. LOOS at the bottom
IOANNES PETRUS BLANCHARD
Reverse: balloon with a passenger holding a flag, rising above the river and buildings in the background, on the right over a meadow a small parachute with a dog in a basket, next to it a stone with an alchemical record of a chemical reaction that allows obtaining hydrogen
IMPAVIDUS SORTEM NON TIMET ICARAM / VARSOVIAE - MDCCLXXXVIII
Diameter 30 mm, weight 8.90 g
