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Medal - Bert Hinkler, Victoria, Australia, 1928
Reg. No: NU 33125
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- Summary:
- Australia Victoria
Bert Hinkler 1928 (AD)
Other Details: This medal was produced in association with radio station 3LO to support their Melbourne Hospital Birthday Appeal. It was designed by Charles Douglas Richardson and featured the epic flight of Bert Hinkler from England to Australia in 1928. Hinkler was killed in Italy in a plane crash five years later, during another flight from England to Australia. - Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 51 mm (Diameter) |
| Weight: | 71.13 g (Weight) |
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| Tagged with: | aircraft, australian aviation, aviation pioneers, healthcare medicine |
| Themes this item is part of: | Charles Douglas Richardson, Sculptor (1853-1932), Medicine in Society Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection, Transport Collection, Stokes & Son, Medal Makers, Melbourne, Victoria & Sydney, New South Wales, Bert Hinkler, Pioneer Aviator (1892-1933) |
| Primary Classification: | MEDALS |
| Secondary Classification: | Commemorative |
| Tertiary Classification: | aviation |
| Series: | Australian Commemorative Medals |
| DateEra: | 1928 AD |
| Obverse Description: | Bust of Bert Hinkler in flying gear facing 3/4 left; artist's initials, CDR incuse on side of shoulder; Mint name, STOKES MELB under should; around above, * BERT HINKLER AIRMAN * below, BUNDABERG, AUSTRALIA |
| Reverse Description: | Map depicting route taken from London to Darwin, around on wide rim, * LONDON TO DARWIN XVI DAYS * PRAEPETIBUS PINNIS AUSTRALES VECTUS AD ORAS; a bi-plane depicted over the Indian Ocean, below, FEB. 1928 |
| Edge Description: | Plain |
| Inscriptions: | Plain (edge) * BERT HINKLER AIRMAN */BUNDABERG, AUSTRALIA. Bert Hinkler in flying helmet,CDR on side of shoulder;STOKES MELB under should (obverse) * LONDON TO DARWIN XVI DAYS */PRAEPETIBUS PINNIS AUSTRALES VECTUS AD ORAS/FEB. 1928(reverse) |
| Shape: | round |
| Material: | Copper |
| Issued By: | Victoria, Australia |
| Mint: | Stokes (Mint), Australia, 1928 |
| Artist: | Mr Charles Richardson, 1928 |
| Person Depicted: | Bert Hinkler, 1928 |
| References: | Car. 1928/1 |
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