1926 Wright Aeronautical Corporation First Flight Over the North Pole Commemorative Medal. By Julio Kilenyi. Bronze. Mint State.101 mm. <strong>Obv:</strong> In the center, a radiant radial engine illuminates the globe, with the flight route marked from Spitzbergen to the North Pole and return, inscription around COMMEMORATING THE FIRST NORTH POLE FLIGHT / BY LT. COMM. RICHARD E. BYRD MAY 9, 1926 / WRIGHT AERONAUTICAL CORPORATION. <strong>Rev:</strong> Ski-equipped, tri-motor aircraft flies over the North Pole, being hailed by dog sled team below. Signed KILENYI in small letters near 8 oclock along the lower left border. <strong>Edge:</strong> Marked WITEHEAD-HOAG at 6 oclock.
