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Object details:

Object Name: Medal, Explorer II Balloon Flight
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A19761082000

	Object Name
	Medal, Explorer II Balloon Flight

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv958cf7ebd-3b3e-45fc-8d5b-dc6420db4da1

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Materials
	Magnesium Alloy [Dow Metal]

	Dimensions
	3-D: 3.5 × 0.3cm (1 3/8 × 1/8 in.)

	Physical Description
	Commemorative Dow Metal Explorer II Balloon Flight medal; Obverse; embossed Explorer II free gas balloon depicted, embossed text "NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, ARMY AIR CORPS, STRATOSPHERE FLIGHT 1935"; Reverse: embossed text "THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, MIDLAND MICHIGAN, SAMPLE OF DOW METAL FROM WHICH THE STRATOSPHERE GONDOLA IS FABRICATED, DOW METAL".

	Country of Origin
	United States of America

	Credit Line
	Donated by the National Geographic Society

	Inventory Number
	A19761082000

	Type
	AWARDS-Medals & Ribbons

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