Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Medallic Art Company
- Physical Description
- Samuel P. Langley Medal REPLICA; Obverse: relief of woman seated on the Earth holding a torch in her left hand and a scroll in the right hand; Reverse: embossed letter text.
- Summary
- The Langley Medal was established by the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution in 1908. It is presented at irregular intervals for "specially meritorious investigations" in the field of aerospace science. The medal was named in honor of Samuel Pierpont Langley, the Third Secretary of the institution and early aeronautical experimenter.
- Credit Line
- Donated by the United States Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Mint
- Inventory Number
- A19290009000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- AWARDS-Medals & Ribbons
- Materials
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 1 × 7.6cm (3/8 × 3 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Title
- LANGLEY MEDAL
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19290009000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv963b2eb02-cc06-4ea8-b34b-e3a2f18935f1
