Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy
- artist:
- Guillemard, Anton
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Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy, 1784
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy, 1784. Bronze; 43mm diameter, 3mm deep. Obverse, relief of a large balloon beneath cloud, the aeronaut by a ladder in the gondola; inscription dated 1784. Reverse, inscription; head portrait of Andreani, profile relief to right, long curls; artist signed below, A. Guillemard. Count Andreani ascended at Moncucco on 25th February 1784, and made a second ascent there on 13th March 1784.
Details
- Category:
- Coins, Medals & Tokens
- Object Number:
- 1983-583
- Materials:
- bronze
- Measurements:
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diameter: 3 x 43 mm
- type:
- medal
