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medal, award

human history
  • Other Name

    Explorers' Club Medal : presented to Sir Edmund Hillary, 1986 (descriptive name)

  • Description

    Explorers' Club Medal presented to Sir Edmund Hillary, March 1986

    large oval bronze medal, in black case of issue with 'Sir Edmund P Hillary' in gold on the lid. The Explorer's Club, NY, USA.

    .1 medal:

    obverse: standing male figure with landscape and sunrays behind and sailing ship on rhs; legend above: THE EXPLORERS CLUB; ; in exergue: INCORPORATED 1905

    reverse: plain reverse; engraved: EXPLORERS MEDAL / SIR EDMUND P. HILLARY / UNPARALLELLED EXPLORER / PEERLESS DIPLOMAT / AND THE / GRANDEST HUYMANITARIAN

    edge: plain

    .2 case: square shallow case; hinged lid; black [leather] exterior; marked in filt: SIR EDMUND P. HILLARY; blue velvet inset to hold medal; with ribbon

  • Place
    United States of America
  • Accession Number
    2014.7.33
  • Accession Date
    19 Feb 2014
  • Other Id

    il2011.13.110 (loan number)

    il2011.13 (loan number)

    17

    16811 (Asset Register)

  • Department

    History

    Social History

Explorers' Club Medal: SirE Hillary, [2014.7.33]

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  • Explorers' Club Medal: SirE Hillary, [2014.7.33]
  • Explorers' Club Medal: SirE Hillary [2014.7.33]
  • Explorers' Club Medal: SirE Hillary [2014.7.33]
  • Explorers' Club Medal: SirE Hillary [2014.7.33] - obverse
  • Explorers' Club Medal: SirE Hillary [2014.7.33] - reverse
  • Explorers' Club Medal: SirE Hillary [2014.7.33] - obverse & measurements
  • Explorers' Club Medal: SirE Hillary [2014.7.33] - reverse & measurements
  • Explorers' Club Medal: SirE Hillary [2014.7.33] - edge (number)
  • Explorers' Club Medal: SirE Hillary [2014.7.33] - case
  • Explorers' Club Medal: SirE Hillary [2014.7.33] - case
  • Explorers' Club Medal: SirE Hillary [2014.7.33] - case
  • Explorers' Club Medal: SirE Hillary [2014.7.33] - case
  • Explorers' Club Medal: SirE Hillary [2014.7.33] - case
  • Explorers' Club Medal: SirE Hillary [2014.7.33] [il2011.13.110]

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