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Description: | Medal commemorating balloon flight of Charles Green, aeronaut, from London to Weilburg, 1836. Bronze; 41mm diameter. Obverse, legend: Charles Green aeronaut.; relief portrait profile head to left, classical style; artist signed below base, W. J. Taylor. Reverse, legend: From London November 7. 1836 in company with Rob[er]t Hollond M.P. & M[onck]. Mason Esqr. To Weilburg Germany in 18 hours.; scene, balloon in distance above town of Weilburg. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | medal | Temporal: | 1836-1837 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Taylor, W.J. (artist) | Identifier: | http://collectionsonline.nmsi.ac.uk/grab... | Go to resource |
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