AFFER, Costantino Bronze plaque, pilot

AFFER, Costantino
Bronze plaque, pilot

Regia Aeronautica, bronze plaque depicting a pilot with a flight cap, on board an aircraft, reciting the motto "ALWAYS MORE HIGH". The pilot depicted in profile is Mario Massai soldier-journalist-aviator who fell in action in the Moroccan sky on December 24th 1939. Engraving by Costantino Affer, signed plaque, cast by F.M. Lorioli of Milan
Size cm. 30x22. In excellent condition