Description
2017 Aviation WW1 £2 Brilliant Uncirculated Coin
Before, Beyond, Above
The first aircraft were wooden-framed fuselages covered with doped linen, with wooden wings attached and a basic cockpit. These aircraft were unreliable, crashed frequently and crews did not carry parachutes. In the early days of the war, fire was the airman’s worst enemy rather than enemy pilots.
The edge lettering of this coin pays tribute to the first aviators to sacrifice their lives in the race for the skies, remembering the days of the war when ‘The Sky Rained Heroes'
2017 Aviation WW1 £2 Brilliant Uncirculated Coin Mintage: 400
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