The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part I)

ROMANIA, Meeting International Bucaresti [Bucharest International Air Show], 1938, a bronze plaque by I. Jalea, three monoplanes flying over a group of hangars in a mountainous setting, rev. naked youth in an antique chariot drawn by four horses, 60mm, 100.78g (Slg. Joos 967). About extremely fine £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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bt Galerie Numismatique, December 2004

The meeting commemorated the death of Mihail Pantazi (1897-1936), a First World War air ace and member of the aerobatic team Dracii Rosii (the Red Dragons), who lost his life as a passenger in an aircraft which crashed at Lodz, Poland, on 7 November 1936.