Los 4270

A rare silver miniature of the Pander Adelaar (PH AFN) plane. Hallmarked by Koninklijke Begeer, Voorschoten, year letter 1931. On a coromandel wooden base in Amsterdam school style with an engraved silver plaque, bearing the text: 'Aangeboden aan J.E. van Tijen Export-manager van de Firma C.J. van Houten & Zoon ter herinnering Solo-vlucht naar Nederl. lndië October-November 1930. Geo Wehry & Co', memorising the solo flight to the (former) Dutch Indies (oktober/November 1930) Dimensions: The plane 165 mm, the base 20,5 x 12,5 cm. Presented to Dutch aviation pioneerJacobus (Co) van Tijen (1897-1958) after his succesfull first solo flight from Holland to the Dutch East indies which took place from october, 15 until November, 21, 1930. Van Tijen was engaged as an export manager to the Van Houten Cocoa factory in Weesp, that used an eagle as a logo, hence the name of the airplane. Geo Wehry & Co. was a prominent trading company in the Dutch East lndies, supporting the Van Tijen solo flight. For a similar 'Huldeblijk' miniature silver airplane presented to the crew of the Fokker F Vll (H-NACC) in 1925, view the auction catalogue ofthe Teubarium' aeronautica collection of the late Wm Teuben, held by van Stockum's auctions in March 1997 (estimate HFL 7500, result HFL 16.000)