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Medal - Hillary and Tenzing
| Location | New Zealand |
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| Year | 1973 |
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| Diameter | 39 mm |
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| Obverse description | Conjoined facing busts of Edmund Hillary (left) and Tenzing Norgay (right) flanking a high-relief depiction of Mount Everest in the centre field, with crossed ice axes below the mountain. A cartouche in the lower field bears an inscription recording the ascent. The legend around the upper rim reads FIRST ASCENT OF MT. EVEREST, with HILLARY and TENZING inscribed beside the respective portraits, and the dates 1953 TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY 1973 along the lower rim. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A mountaineer in full climbing gear, identified as Hillary, stands triumphantly on the summit of Mount Everest raising a flag, with radiating lines suggesting the sky behind him. A small flag or pennant is depicted to the upper right of the field. The encircling legend records the time, date, location and altitude of the summit achievement. |
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