Object Details
- Physical Description
- Charles A. Lindbergh Medal of Congress; Obverse: profile bust of Lindbergh wearing a leather flight helmet; Obverse: a lone eagle in flight through day and night depicted.
- Summary
- This medal was issued by the Treasury Department to honor and commemorate the flight of Charles Lindbergh. The mint issued a special gold edition to Lindbergh and made bronze copies available to the public.
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Artist
- Laura Gardin Fraser
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the Library of Congress, Science Division
- Materials
- Copper Alloy
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 0.6 × 7cm (1/4 × 2 3/4 in.)
- Type
- AWARDS-Medals & Ribbons
