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Object Details
Country of Origin
United States of America
Type
AWARDS-Medals & Ribbons
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".
Dimensions
3-D: 3.5 × 0.3cm (1 3/8 × 1/8 in.)
Materials
Magnesium Alloy [Dow Metal]
Inventory Number
A19761082000
Credit Line
Donated by the National Geographic Society
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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