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2. Gold medal - Wikipedia

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   A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have been awarded in the arts, for example, by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts , usually as a symbol of ...

3. Congressional Gold Medal - Wikipedia

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   When a Congressional Gold Medal is deemed appropriate, Congress provides for the creation of each medal by passing a law to that effect. Each chamber of Congress (the House and the Senate) imposes super-majority sponsorship rules to begin consideration. [3] Each medal is ordered to be uniquely designed and cast in gold by the United States Mint ...

4. Awards and decorations of the United States Department of ...

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   The Gold Medal was established in 1949 and is awarded for "distinguished performance characterized by extraordinary, noble, or prestigious contributions". When awarded to officers of the Department of Commerce's NOAA Corps, it takes precedence over the Silver Medal, but ranks below the Defense Distinguished Service Medal .

5. Olympic medal - Wikipedia

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   First place (the gold medal): It is composed at least 92.5% of silver, plated with 6 grams of gold; the metal value was about US$494 in 2010. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] At the 2020 Summer Olympics held in 2021 in Tokyo , Japan, the medal at then-current prices was worth about $800.

6. Nobel Prize medal - Wikipedia

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   The weight of each medal varies with the value of gold, but averages about 175 grams (0.386 lb) for each medal, with the exception of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences which weighs 185g. The diameter is 66 millimetres (2.6 in) and the thickness varies between 5.2 millimetres (0.20 in) and 2.4 millimetres (0.094 in).

7. Exploded-view drawing - Wikipedia

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   An exploded-view drawing is a diagram, picture, schematic or technical drawing of an object, that shows the relationship or order of assembly of various parts. [1]It shows the components of an object slightly separated by distance, or suspended in surrounding space in the case of a three-dimensional exploded diagram.