Wireless Medal
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.