Commemorative Plaque for Alcock and Brown Atlantic Crossing

Heavy rectangular presentation plaque with curved top. Obverse has winged female figure flanked by aeroplane and airship; inscription on reverse, flanked by aeronautical designer looking up at a bird for inspiration, and an engineer working on a rotary engine. Reverse worn and tarnished.

Presented to Arthur Whitten Brown following he and Jack Alcock's pioneer west-east crossing of the North Atlantic in June 1919.