Romania Medal Roumaine de Navigation Aerienne founded (1920)

Romania Medal Roumaine de Navigation Aerienne founded (1920); by Aristide Blank, by Henry Nocq; Obverse: Two bi-planes over map of Europe with flight-lines from Paris to Constantinople etc. Reverse: Bi-plane flies over speeding stage-coach; car and train. Aristide Blank (1883-1960); Jewish Romanian financier, economist and banker; with interests in America. He was the victim of an attack in April 1924; an incident that sparked a considerable anti-Semitic campaign in Bucharest. Bronze. (Dogan 6801). Weight approx: 153.63 g. Diameter: 72 mm.