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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.

Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age
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 Usage conditions apply
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