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GERMANY: Weimar Republic, AR medal, Transatlantic Flight, 1928, About Unc

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GERMANY: Weimar Republic, AR medal, Transatlantic Flight, 1928, About Unc
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GERMANY: Weimar Republic, AR medal, Transatlantic Flight, 1928, Kaiser-933, 33mm silver medal by Glöckler in Prague & L. C. Lauer in Nürnberg Commemorating the Flight of the Bremen -The First East-West Transatlantic Flight by Ehrenfried Günther Freiherr von Hünefeld, Hermann Köhl & James Fitzmaurice; FITZMAURICE KÖHL VON HÜNEFELD / 12.–13. 4. 1928, around ugate heads of von Hünefeld, Köhl, and Fitzmaurice left, each wearing aviator hat // DEN / HELDEN / DES ERSTEN / OST–WEST FLUGES / DESSAU BALDONEL / GREENLY ISLAND / NEW YORK, frontal view of the Bremen over ocean waves, 990 on edge, light surface hairlines, About Unc. 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.