Charles A. Lindbergh Portrait Print with "Palmam Qui Meruit Ferat" Crest (1927)

Lithographic portrait sketch of Charles A. Lindbergh with Latin crest Palmam Qui Meruit Ferat and signature. — Charles A. Lindbergh Portrait Print with "Palmam Qui Meruit Ferat" Crest (1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

A commemorative lithographic portrait print of Charles A. Lindbergh produced following his historic 1927 transatlantic crossing. The artwork depicts a smiling Lindbergh in service dress, accompanied in the upper right corner by a heraldic crest bearing the Latin motto "PALMAM QUI MERUIT FERAT" ("Let him who has earned the palm bear it"). Bearing a signature in the lower margin, this print was preserved within Donald A. Hall Sr.'s private files documenting the global celebration of the flight.