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GERMANY: Weimar Republic, AR medal, 1928, PCGS Specimen 63

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GERMANY: Weimar Republic, AR medal, 1928, PCGS Specimen 63
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GERMANY: Weimar Republic, AR medal, 1928, Kaiser-935, 36mm silver medal by Josef Bernhart for the First Transatlantic East-West Flight; "ERSTER OST-WEST OZEANFLUG / 13. APRIL 1928" around facing bust of Hermann Köhl, wearing flying helmet; signature to right // V. HÜNEFELD KÖHL FITZMAURICE / BREMEN / EIN WILLE EINE TAT EIN SIEG with the aircraft Junkers W 33 "Bremen" flying left over the Atlantic Ocean, PREUSS. STAATSMÜNZE SILBER 900 FEIN on edge, with original case of issue, a lovely lightly toned specimen example! PCGS graded Specimen 63. On April 12, 1928 three European aviators, Germans Ehrenfried Günther Freiherr von Hünefeld and Hermann Köhl, and Irishman James Fitzmaurice, set out from Baldonnel Aerodrome in Ireland with the goal of completing the first east-west non-stop transatlantic flight (Lindbergh's being west-east, with tailwinds, thus faster). The crew faced a cloudy overnight sky and the compass caused them to drift far to the north. When Polaris was eventually spotted, they adjusted and turned south, eventually following the coast of Labrador in Canada. Faced with only a few hours of fuel remaining, the crew decided to land on Greenly Island, just a few miles within the province of Quebec, well north of the desired landing point of New York. Nevertheless, the crew's achievement was celebrated as a success, and they eventually received a celebratory parade in New York City.