1919 United States Navy and Coast Guard Curtiss NC-4 Flying Boat First Transatlantic Flight Commemorative Medal. By Julio Kilenyi. Bronze. About Uncirculated.102 mm. <strong>Obv:</strong> Aviation personified in female form supports propellers with her left and right hands, inscriptions FROM GLENN . H. CURTISS left, COMMEMORATING / THE FIRST / TRANS-ATLANTIC-FLIGHT / MAY 31ST 1919 right, U.S. Navy wings and additional inscription NAVY - NC - CURTISS below. The Statue of Liberty and U.S. Capitol are depicted in the background, at left and right, respectively. <strong>Rev:</strong> Relief of a Curtiss NC-4 flying boat depicted flying over two sailing ships and a globe on which is marked the course of the transatlantic flight from Newfoundland to Lisbon. <strong>Edge:</strong> Marked WHITEHEAD-HOAG at 6 oclock.
































