The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 14, 2026

Two circular faces of a bronze medal feature aviation-themed imagery. On the left, a bird with outstretched wings flies above rounded clouds and the word FLIGHT. On the right, a muscular nude man faces our left, kneeling as he holds a small airplane aloft. A sun with radiating rays sits on our left, while the year 1941, split by a circular monogram containing the letters BP, is on our right.

Medal: Flight

1941

Brenda Putnam

(American, 1890–1975)
America
bronze
Diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1942.1089
Location: Not on view
  • {{cite web|title=Medal: Flight |url=false|author=Brenda Putnam|year=1941|access-date=14 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1942.1089