This beautiful commemorative plate was produced in West Germany (pre-1990). The face depicts a painting of a Sikorsky S-38 seaplane taking off in Limon Bay with the shoreline of Colon in the background. This is the aircraft that Chalres Lindbergh used on his first Airmail flight between Miami and Panama in 1929.. This plate is in very fine condition. The face has a gold rim and the reverse has a description of the painting on the face that reads " Pan Am Pioneer Flights " , signed by " Theodore Giavis " , " Col. Charles a. Lindbergh's First Official Flight for Pan Am's Sikorsky S-38,flown by Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, carried the first airmail from Miami to the Canal Zone on February 4, 1929. The newly-designed 100-mile an hour Sikorsky was often referred to as the flying Duck. " , Series 1 Plate 5 " , " Bavaria, W. Germany " , " Since 1881 ". This is a beautiful collectible plate that will display very well.

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