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Wallace M Hendrick Collection : 1909 French Navigation Aerienne Zeppelin Plaque Medal

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Wallace M Henrick Collection

Wallace M Henrick served in WWI. The medal is from his collection and was likely obtained in France after the war.

1909 French Navigation Aerienne Zeppelin Plaque Medal, Pierre-Alexandre Morlon

Description from Worthpoint.

Tri-panel design with central winged figure of Genius (Spirit of Aviation), bi-plane to the left and a dirigible to the right.

Inscribed below: Navigation and Aerienne (aerial navigation). Signed lower right: A. MORLON

Tri-panel design: to the left a seated man observing flying birds, plain panel at the center for naming, and a man working on an airplane engine to the right. Inscriptions below: Le rêve/ conçoit and La science/ réalise (The dream conceives; science realizes)

Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (1878-1951) French sculptor and medalist, was a pupil of Alexandre Falguière, Antonin Mercié and Jules-Clément Chaplain at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts , Paris, and exhibited at the Salon from 1900,winning a gold medal in 1920 and a medal of honour in 1926. He was responsible for numerous war memorials, including those at Charolles and La Clayette, Saône-et-Loire, and at Rambevilliers, Vosges, and is noted in particular for his medals related to World War I

Wallace M Hendrick WWI Collection; Wilson Medal and Army Uniform Button Collection

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Wallace M Hendrick Collection

Wallace M Henrick served in WWI. This medal is from his collection and was likely obtained in France after the war.

Wilson Medal

Wilson Medal, bronze commemorative USA entry into WWI

Description from The Imperial War Museum London

Picture from CNGcoins

French First World War portrait medal by René Grégoire (1871-1945) commemorating the American President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924). Specifically the piece celebrates the American declaration of war against Germany on 6 April 1917 and the allegorical reverse design shows the USA being welcomed into the field of battle as an ally. The text in the exergue (on reverse) is translated as 'Justice is more precious than peace...We fight for freedom'. Despite this optimistic imagery the American build-up of troops on the Western Front took some considerable time and it was not until the summer of 1918 that their enthusiasm, commitment and ever-increasing numbers became decisive factors in the eventual resolution of the conflict.

President Woodrow Wilson, bust, three-quarter left profile. The bust is flanked, left, by a flaming torch, the rim of its bowl marked "LIBERTE" and, right, by the fasces marked "DROIT". Below the bust a panel bearing text and, at centre base, the American eagle. The design is enclosed by a circle composed of forty-seven small five pointed stars piece

Britannia and Marianne, standing, facing left, the former wearing a small crown and holding a trident, the latter wearing a Phrygian cap. The two figures greet a third woman, Columbia, personifying the United States, diademed, carrying a rifle in her left hand. In the background a shell-shattered landscape, an artillery piece in the left middle distance and on the horizon, left, a church- like building in flames piece.

Army Uniform Buttons

Wallace Collection includes a full Set of Army buttons from Wallace US Army uniform worn in WWI

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Wallace M Hendrick Collection : 1909 French Navigation Aerienne Zeppelin Plaque Medal

Wallace M Henrick Collection

1909 French Navigation Aerienne Zeppelin Plaque Medal, Pierre-Alexandre Morlon

Wallace M Hendrick WWI Collection; Wilson Medal and Army Uniform Button Collection

Wallace M Hendrick Collection

Wilson Medal

Army Uniform Buttons

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