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Medal commemorating the SS 'Great Eastern'
Medal commemorating the SS 'Great Eastern'. Obverse: Starboard broadside view of the ship under steam, sails furled. Legend: 'GREAT EASTERN.' Exergue: '1859.' Reverse: Inscription, within a garland: 'LENGTH 692 FEET, BREADTH 83 FEET, DEPTH 58 FEET, TONNAGE 23,000.' Legend: 'DESIGNED BY I . K . BRUNEL, BUILT BY SCOTT RUSSELL.'
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2522 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | J.H. Merriam |
| Vessels: | Great Eastern (1858) |
| Date made: | 1859 |
| People: | Brunel, Isambard Kingdom; J.H. Merriam |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 31 mm |
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