In the first decade after the Wright brothers' first successful flights in 1903, public fascination with aviation grew. The airplane soon became part of popular culture. Airplanes and flight related themes began to appear in jewelry, clocks, games, decorative boxes, postcards, and more. This stick pin is of a Bleriot Monoplane.
Display Status
This object is on display in Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
Object Details
Date
ca. 1910
Country of Origin
United States of America
Type
AWARDS-Insignia
Physical Description
Bleriot Monoplane stick pin; one piece stamped silver. No maker marks.
Dimensions
3-D (2g): 4.5 × 2.7 × 0.5cm (1 3/4 × 1 1/16 × 3/16 in.)
Materials
Overall: Silver
Inventory Number
A19951528000
Credit Line
Found in collection. Donor unknown at this time. Found on NASM premises
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Restrictions & Rights
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