Award, Airplane Model, Lindbergh, King Collection

A metal airplane with a round base. The airplane has a fixed propeller and wheels. The features of the plane such as the windows and ailerons are molded into the metal as is the text "Spirit of St. Louis" on the nose. The bottom of the model has two holes located in the middle of the fuselage where the struts meet the body. The base has a corresponding metal pin attached to two arms that extend up from the base. The base is circular with a convex surface and green felt on the bottom of the base. An image of the North Atlantic with New York on the left and Paris on the right has text in between the two land masses "Commemorating flight by Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh New York to Paris May 20-21 1927"