Wireless Medal

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Description

This circa 1912 gilded bronze plaquette, created by the sculptor Eugène Jean de Bremaecker, features on its obverse the figure of the Spirit of Telegraphy calling out from atop a liner's Marconi aerials, and on its reverse a dedication to the geniuses and heroes behind wireless communication; among them Guglielmo Marconi and both of Titanic's wireless operators, Phillips and Bride.

Creator

Eugène Jean de Bremaecker

Medium

Gilded bronze

Citation

Eugène Jean de Bremaecker, “Wireless Medal,” TitanicRelics.com | A Collection of Authentic Titanic Artifacts and Memorabilia, accessed December 3, 2024, https://titanicrelics.com/items/show/53.