Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt

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Metal [lead?]; 45mm diameter, thickness 3mm. Obverse: legend, Blanchard sursum decimum quintum faciens iter. Francofurti Da 3. Octo.; low relief profile representation Head and shoulders to left, in wig, artist signed at base, Reich. [=Johann Christian Reich 1740-1814]. Reverse: legend, Gallia saepius plausit! Iam Germania plaude. MDCCLXXXV. [1785]. ; scene of Blanchard in his balloon and gondola with two flags, above cityscape of Frankfurt viewed from the west with a bridge across the river Main </p> </div> <aside aria-label="related content"> <div class="panel">  <div class="panel__text"> <h2 class="panel__withicon"><svg class="icon icon-room" ><use xlink:href="/assets/icons/symbol/svg/sprite.symbol.svg#room"></use></svg> On display</h2> <p><a href="/search/gallery/flight-gallery/museum/science-museum">Science Museum: Flight Gallery </a></p> <p> If you are visiting to see this object, <a href="https://www.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/our-work/our-collection/ask-about-our-collection">please contact us</a> in advance to make sure that it will be on display. </p> </div> </div> <div class="panel panel__text"> <h2>Related people</h2> <ul class="related-people"> <li> <svg class="icon icon-people" ><use xlink:href="/assets/icons/symbol/svg/sprite.symbol.svg#people"></use></svg> <a href=https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/people/cp393> Jean Pierre Fran莽ois Blanchard </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="articles"></div> </aside> </div> </section> <section class="record-details section"> <div class="o-container o-grid o-grid--3cols@m"> <div class="section__content o-grid__span2@m"> <h2 class="section__h">Details</h2> <div class="c-property-list --ruled:between"> <dl class="details-Category"> <dt>Category:</dt> <dd> <a href="https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/search/categories/coins,-medals-&-tokens" title="[link to filtered search results]"> Coins, Medals & Tokens </a> </dd> </dl> <dl class="details-Object-Number"> <dt>Object Number:</dt> <dd> 1950-318/3 </dd> </dl> <dl class="details-Materials"> <dt>Materials:</dt> <dd> <a href="/search/objects/material/metal-[lead?]" title="[link to filtered search results]"> metal [lead?]</a> and <a href="/search/objects/material/complete" title="[link to filtered search results]"> complete</a> </dd> </dl> <dl class="details-Measurements"> <dt>Measurements:</dt> <dd> overall: 3 mm, 45 mm, .031 kg<br> </dd> </dl> <dl class="details-type"> <dt>type:</dt> <dd> <a href="https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/search/objects/object_type/medal" title="[link to filtered search results]"> medal</a> </dd> </dl> <dl class="details-credit"> <dt>credit:</dt> <dd> Penn-Gaskell Collection </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <aside aria-label="citation panel"> <div class="panel panel__text panel--cite"> <h2>Cite this page</h2> <div class="clipboard"> <label for="clipboardjs" class="u-visually-hidden">Text to use for citation</label> <textarea id="clipboardjs" rows="1">Science Museum Group. 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