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INTERNATIONAL GORDON BENNETT RACE MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE RARE AVIATION 1912
INTERNATIONAL GORDON BENNETT RACE MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE RARE AVIATION 1912
INTERNATIONAL GORDON BENNETT RACE MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE RARE AVIATION 1912
INTERNATIONAL GORDON BENNETT RACE MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE RARE AVIATION 1912
INTERNATIONAL GORDON BENNETT RACE MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE RARE AVIATION 1912

INTERNATIONAL GORDON BENNETT RACE MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE RARE AVIATION 1912

$ 221.76

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: EXCELLENT/EXTRAFINE
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  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: UNISSUED/UNCIRCULATED

    Description

    BEAUTIFUL/ATTRACTIVE  AND HISTORIC AVIATION CERTIFICATE & MEMORABILIA!!!...FANTASTIC EARLY AVIATION RACE COMPETITION...INTERNATIONAL GORDON BENNETT RACE UNISSUED MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE...NAMED AFTER AND AWARDED BY JAMES GORDON BENNETT JR.., THE ECCENTRIC OWNER AND PUBLISHER OF THE NEW YORK HERALD NEWSPAPER.....INTERNATIONAL AIRPLANE RACING TROPHY AWARD....STEELOGRAPH # 2991...THE AERO CLUB OF AMERICA AND THE AERO CLUB OF ILLINOIS....CHICAGO 1912...ORNATE ENGRAVED ORANGE BORDERS WITH SUPERB CENTER VIGNETTE OF AERO CLUB RACE TROPHY...STATUE WITH IMPRINTED NAME "COUPE GORDON BENNETT "ALONG WITH EARLY BIPLANE....ALSO ARE PORTRAITS OF PRIOR WINNERS AND PIONEERING  AVIATORS....GLENN H. CURTISS, 1909 RIDING A CURTISS BIPLANE....CLAUDE GRAHAME-WHITE,1910 AT BELMONT PARK , NEW YORK....CHARLES TERRES WEYMANN, 1911....AND AN EMPTY OPEN SPOT FOR THE 1912 WINNER TO BE...ORIGINAL CERT. IN EXCELLENT/EXTRAFINE CONDITION....PRINTED BY WESTERN BANKNOTE & ENG. CO.,CHICAGO..AMERICAN BANKNOTE CO...