SUMMIT OF MOUNT EVEREST 1953 MONTAGE
SUMMIT OF MOUNT EVEREST 1953 MONTAGE
A piece of vintage history a fantastic 29"x23" picture mount which includes the original signatures of Edmund Hillary Tenzing Norgay and John Hunt. Along with photos in a triple cream brown and gold mount with gold engraved plaque in vintage brown gold line frame. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt, Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed as having reached the summit of Mount Everest on the 29th May 1953. News of the expedition's success reached London in time to be released on the morning of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation on the 2nd of June that year. With the seventh anniversary next year this will become a very collectable item.
£995.00