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medal, commemorative

human history
  • Other Name

    Pearl Harbor 50th Anniversary Medal 1941-1991 [WW2] (descriptive name)

  • Description

    Pearl Harbor 50th Anniversary Medal 1941-1991

    obverse: legend: PEARL HARBOR / 7 DEC. 1941; at centre: illustration at centre of USS Arizona being blown up

    reverse: legend: ARIZONA MEMORIAL MUSEUM FOUNDATION / USS ARIZONA / BB-39; at centre illustration of battleship

    yellow metal medal in clear plastic case

  • Place
    Arizona/United States of America
  • Associated Place

    United States of America

  • Other Id

    nn#11 (no number)

    2015.x.97 (temporary accession number)

  • Department

    History

    War History

medal, commemorative, 2015.x.97

Images and documents

Images

  • medal, commemorative, 2015.x.97
  • medal, commemorative, 2015.x.97
  • medal, commemorative, 2015.x.97

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2015.x.97
  • Primary Maker

     Raphael Maklouf (Medallist)

     Ian Rank-Broadley (Engraver)

     Royal Mint (Struck by)

  • Place
    Arizona/United States of America
  • Date
    1991
  • Associated Notes

    Pearl Harbor 50th Anniversary Medal 1941-1991

    Medal commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on 7th December 1941. This was the event which brought the United States into the second World War.

    During the attack the US battleship Arizona sank, killing 1,177 officers and crewmen. The USS Arizona Memorial, dedicated on 30 May 1962 is sited above the wreck which remains at the bottom of Pearl Harbour.

    information leaflet with medal: On December 7, 1941 .... "A day that will live in infamy," the United States was thrust into World War II by an attack of the Imperial Japanese Naval forces at Pearl Harbour Naval Base, Hickam Field, Wheeler Field, Belllows Field, Ewa Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Naval Air Station and Schofield Barracks. Almost 4 years later, the war was over with the documents of surrender signed aboard the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945."

  • Associated Event
    WW2; 1939-1945
    Battle of Britain; 1940
  • Associated Place

    United States of America

  • Media

    metal/inorganic material

  • Measurement Reading

    37mm

  • Classification

    medal, commemorative

    medal, commemorative

    medal

    Medal, Commemorative

    Commemorative

    Memorabilia

    08 Communication Artifacts

  • Last Update
    15 May 2023
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