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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
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