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FRANCE: Louis XVI, 1774-1792, AE medal, 1783, XF

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FRANCE: Louis XVI, 1774-1792, AE medal, 1783, XF
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FRANCE: Louis XVI, 1774-1792, AE medal, 1783, Malpas-3, 42mm, bronze medal for the First Balloon Flight by N.M. Gatteaux, after a design by Houdon, conjoined busts of the Montgolfier brothers left with JOSE.ET ETIEN. MONTGOLFIER / POUR AVOIR RENDU L'AIR NAVIGABLE around // balloon rising above rain clouds from the Champ du Mars with EXPERIENCE DU CHAMP DE MARS 27.AOUST / 1783.ENVERTU D'UNE SOUSCRIPTION / SOUS LA DIRECT.DEM.FAUJAS / DE StFOND. around, plain edge, XF Joseph-Michel and Étienne Montgolfier began experimenting with balloon flight in 1782; on September 19, 1783 they were demonstrating a balloon flight at Versailles in front of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and a sizable crowd with the first creatures to be taken aloft - a duck, sheep, and rooster. The flight lasted about eight minutes, the balloon traversed approximately two miles, and landed safely - with all creatures quite alive. The first human-piloted flight would take place two months later on the outskirts of Paris.