Adolphe Célestin Pégoud, aviation hero postcard

(13 June 1889–31 August 1915), was a French aviator and flight instructor who became the first fighter ace in history during World War I.

Approximately 5 1/2 x 3 1/2"

This German postcard from 1913 shows Adolphe Pégoud completing a Pégoud loop, the world's "first" loop.