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 Voisin Biplane.
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
France
Type
AWARDS-Miscellaneous
Physical Description
Stick pin with 3-dimensional dark or burnished gold colored biplane (Voisin Biplane). Stick is soldered approximately where landing gear would be. Fuselage frame is visible, rib markings on top of upper wing and top and sides of tail.
Dimensions
3-D (1g): 6.3 × 1.4 × 0.9cm (2 1/2 × 9/16 × 3/8 in.)
Materials
Overall: Metal (gold alloy)
Inventory Number
A19840703000
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Restrictions & Rights
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