Medal, commemorative
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Medal with ribbon
- DATE
- 1878
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0719.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- COMMEMORATE BALLOON FLIGHT OF M. DE FRANCE MANDOUL
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS (?) MEDAL & RING; CLOTH RIBBON; WOODEN BAR
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.5 cm
- Width
- 5.1 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Commemorative
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- France
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- FLIGHT TOOK PLACE 1878
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
COMMEMORATE BALLOON FLIGHT OF M. DE FRANCE MANDOUL - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- raised lettering below illustration on obverse reads: "PANORAMA DE PARIS/1878"; raised lettering on reverse side reads: "SOUVENIR/DE MON ASCENSION/DANS/LE GRAND BALLON CAPTIF/A VAPEUR/DE MR. HENRY GIFFARD"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BRAZEN MEDAL & RING; RIBBON BLUE, WHITE & RED; DARK BROWN BAR
- Decoration
- OBVERSE OF MEDAL CONTAINS RAISED ILLUSTRATION OF BALLOON OVER PARIS CITYSCAPE; RIBBON HAS 3 VERTICLE STRIPES CORRESPONDING TO TRI-COLEUR PATTERN OF FLAG OF FRANCE
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Unknown Manufacturer, Medal, commemorative, circa 1878, Artifact no. 1996.0719, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0719.001/
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