Inscription:
1919 / A nearly fatal air crash / THE AIR IS AN EXTREMELY / DANGEROUS, JEALOUS AND / EXACTING MISTRESS. ONCE UNDER / THE SPELL MOST LOVERS ARE / FAITHFUL TO THE END, WHICH IS / NOT ALWAYS OLD AGE ... HAVING / BEEN THOROUGHLY BITTEN, I / CONTINUED TO FLY ON EVERY / POSSIBLE OCCASION WHEN / MY OTHER DUTIES / PERMITTED
Design:
inscription; quotation from letters/diaries/speeches; symbol of the Royal Mint at London(?)