NC-4 Medal, in Bronze

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  • NC-4 Medal Obverse

Attributes

  • country
    United States
  • date of institution
    February 9, 1929
  • remarks
    The Medal was designed by Catherine G. Barton. The image of the NC-4 Medal, in Bronze is attributed to Mcstls at Wikipedia and is used in the public domain under the GNU Free Documentation License, version 1.2. See the following page for more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_American_NC-4_Medal_

History


The NC-4 Medal was authorized by Congress on February 9, 1929. The Medal was awarded to the crew of the NC-4 flying boat to commemorate the successful completion of the first Transatlantic flight in May 1919. The Medal was awarded to 7 service members. The Medal has since been made obsolete.

The Medal was initially awarded as a large non-wearable Gold Medal, but on April 25, 1939, a reduced size Bronze Medal was authorized for wear on the uniform.

The Medal features an inscription of all 7 recipient's names on the reverse.

There may be additional versions of the Medal which vary by composition.

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  • Composition

    Bronze

  • Inscription

    Obv: FIRST TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT UNITED STATES NAVY MAY 1919 Rev: NEWFOUNDLAND NC-4 PORTUGAL PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE NAME OF CONGRESS J.H. TOWERS A.C. READ E.F. STONE W. HINTON H.C. RODD J.L. BREESE E. RHODES

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  • Version Remarks

    The reduced size Bronze Medal is the same size as other United States campaign medals. The image of the NC-4 Medal, in Bronze is attr...

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