R.A.S. GOLD MEDAL
AWARD TO DR. ECKENER. [ British Official Wireless ] RUGBY, Oct. 12. The British Ambassador, Sir Nevile Henderson, presented to Dr. Hugo Eckener, designer of the Graf Zeppelin, the gold medal of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Sir Nevile Henderson said that this was the first time the gold medal had been awarded outside the British Empire and it marked British appreciation of the high place Dr. Eckener had won in the sphere of aeronautical science. •" • rrrtrs
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 243, 14 October 1938, Page 7
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77R.A.S. GOLD MEDAL Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 243, 14 October 1938, Page 7
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