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Description: | Medal commemorating the centenary of the voyage of the 'Flying Cloud', 1951. Obverse: The 'Flying Cloud' under full sail (right). Legend: '1851 - CENTENARY OF RECORD VOYAGE NEW YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO- 1951'. Below, on a ribbon: 'CLIPPER SHIP "FLYING CLOUD"'. Reverse: A map of North and South America, the clipper on the port tack in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans (right and left). Inscription: 'NEW YORK JUNE 3RD'; Cape Horn 'JULY 23RD'; 'SAN FRANCISCO AUG 31ST'; 'AMERICAN COMMEMORATIVE SOCIETY'.
caption: Medal commemorating the centenary of the voyage of the 'Flying Cloud', 1951; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the centenary of the voyage of the 'Flying Cloud', 1951; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Flying Cloud 1851 | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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