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The following notable individuals were members of the RAOB in New Zealand: Bro Robert Black, of the Dunedin Lodge, served as Mayor of Dunedin from 1929 to 1933; Clive Hulme VC. Father of racing legend Denny Hulme, awarded the Victoria Cross. He was a Member of the Mountbatten Lodge in Pongakawa in the Bay of Plenty in the 1960s. [65]
With the current price of gold, this makes the top prize at most Olympic games worth only about $600, as compared to more than $20,000 for the solid gold medals of the past.
The pound of copper that makes up 95% of a bronze medal isn’t worth five bucks at the current rate, but a bronze from the 1956 Winter Games in Italy sold for $3,750. A medal from the 1984 U.S ...
Face value Coin Obverse design Reverse design Composition Mintage Available Obverse Reverse 50¢ Texas Centennial half dollar Eagle sitting on a branch in front of the Lone Star, the symbol of Texas
During the First and Second World Wars, the Croix de Guerre medals of France and Belgium, as well as the French Military Medal and Luxembourg War Cross, were further issued as unit citation cords, known as Fourragère. Service members could receive both the individual award and the unit cord; in the case of the later, the unit citation could ...
The original Nobel Prize recipients in 1901 went home $17,451 richer — that’s about $561,649.14 in today’s money. The prize began losing value right away until it was worth less than half of ...
Indian peace medals refer to ovular or circular medals awarded to tribal leaders throughout colonial America and early United States history, primarily made of silver or brass and ranging in diameter from about one to six inches. [1] Medals were often perforated and worn suspended around the neck of the recipient. [1]
She also won a gold medal in the women's 1500-meter freestyle, a silver medal in the women’s 4x200-meter freestyle relay race and a bronze medal in the women’s 400-meter freestyle.