Gold cigarette case gifted to Charles Kingsford Smith by Charles Ulm

The case is inscribed ‘Smithy Old Son / We made it / Charles’. According to the auctioneers, the gift marked the occasion of the successful inaugural flight across the Pacific Ocean in the Southern Cross. The four-man crew, including Americans Harry Lyon and Jim Warner, departed Oakland on 31 May and landed at Eagle Farm Aerodrome in Brisbane on 8 June 1928. Kingsford Smith was the main pilot and Ulm the co-pilot.