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Large German bronze medal commemorating the 1912 aviation deaths of Gustav Beissbarth and Georg Langzed. They apparently died in a plane crash during a storm on October 19, 1912. Nice double portraits on obverse. Reverse shows an ealy bi-plane plus a long inscription covering the circumstances of their demise. Very rare early avaition piece.. Massive at 4 inches in diameter. A fewscrapes on the reverse.
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