1932 Amelia Earhart Gimbels Banquet Award
Attendee Souvenir MedalLegendary Amelia Earhart received "The Gimbel Medal" for her solo flight across The Atlantic, in October 1932.
The aviator was celebrated with a medal and parade just months after her solo Atlantic crossing in 1932 in Philadelphia.
She was considered "The Most Outstanding Woman Of 1932".
With that flight Earhart became the first woman (and the only person since Charles Lindbergh) to fly nonstop and solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
On May 20, 1932 she took off from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, Canada and landed 15 hours and 2,026 miles later in a field near Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
The feat made Earhart an instant worldwide sensation and proved she was a courageous and able pilot.
Richard Gimbel of Gimbels family department store, left, presents the Gimbel medal to Amelia Earhart on September 24, 1932. Ellis Gimbel is at right.
The front of the medal featured a bust of the aviator and the following text to commemorate her feat:
"FIRST WOMAN IN THE WORLD TO FLY ALONE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN MAY 21, 1932 AMELIA EARHART."
On the reverse side is a relief of Earhart's Lockheed 5B Vega flying over a map of the Atlantic Ocean and the coat-of-arms of the City of Philadelphia.
The text reads:
"AWARD OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA PRESENTED BY MAYOR MOORE AT THE GIMBEL BANQUET SEPTEMBER 24, 1932."
Obviously Earharts medal in the accompanying image appears to be well over 3 inches in diameter where this one is only 1 inch, about the size of a US quarter.
This is a great example issued by Augustus C. Frank, a Philadelphia medalist, for an October 5th, 1932 banquet hosted by the City Of Philadelphia & Gimbel Brothers Department Store to honor the solo transatlantic flight of Amelia Earhart.The City of Philadelphia held a banquet for Amelia Earhart in recognition of her 1932 solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
Attendees at the Banquet received these smaller medals. I do believe this is what we have here.
Better images will appear here when I get a chance to upload them.
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