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Medal commemorating the SS 'Great Eastern'
Medal commemorating the SS 'Great Eastern'. Obverse: Bust of the engineer Brunel (three-quarter left). Legend: 'ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL BORN 1806 . DIED SEP . 15, 1859.' Reverse: Starboard broadside view of the six-masted screw and paddle steamer 'Great Eastern' under sail and steam, square rig on the after-fore, main and after-main masts, and fore and aft rig on the mizzen and jigger. Legend: (outer) 'THE GREAT EASTERN STEAM SHIP'; (inner lines) 'SCREW, PADDLE AND SAIL, FOUR DECKS, WOULD ACCOMODATE 10,000 TROOPS.' Exergue: '692F . LONG . 83F. WIDE, HEIGHT OF HULL 60F. 24,000 TONS BURDEN, 2,600 HORSE POWER.'
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC1584 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Moore, John |
| Vessels: | Great Eastern (1858) |
| Date made: | 1859 |
| People: | Brunel, Isambard Kingdom; Brunel, Isambard Kingdom |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 36 mm |