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Eddie Rickenbacker 1930 Autographed Air Mail First flight Cover.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:85.00 USD Estimated At:130.00 - 260.00 USD
Eddie Rickenbacker 1930 Autographed Air Mail First flight Cover.
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85.00USDto floor+ buyer's premium
This item SOLD at 2019 May 14 @ 16:07UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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El Paso, Texas. October 15, 1930, First flight cover, Southern Trans. Continental Route First Flight El Paso, Texas, Route 33 - Air Mail P.O.D., Newspaper photograph of Rickenbacker in front of German plane they brought down without crashing with his signature partially overlapping photo, Edward Vernon Rickenbacker was an American fighter ace in World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient. With 26 aerial victories, he was America's most successful fighter ace, and was also considered to have received the most awards for valor by an American during the First World War. In World War II, Rickenbacker received the Medal for Merit, a decoration for civilians in service, for his outreach and support of American troops, in addition to his fact-finding mission to the USSR. Rickenbacker was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame, and Rickenbacker International Airport in Ohio is named his honor.