USA Dag Hammarskjold - Leadership, Sacrifice, Hero of Peace 1961 

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LastDodo number
5881999
Area
Tokens / Medals
Title
USA Dag Hammarskjold - Leadership, Sacrifice, Hero of Peace 1961
Type
Commemorative tokens
Publisher
Value
Country
Verenigde Staten
Year
1961
Collection / set
Material
Bronze
Weight
Variety / overstrike
Obverse
An Inspiring Life of Service to his Fellow Men . Leadership in World Affairs . Sacrifice in the Call of Duty . 1905 - 1961 . Hero of Peace
Reverse
Dag Hammarskjold
Privy mark
Mint mark
Designer
Engraver
Dimensions / Diameter
70
Number
Details
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjold (29 July 1905 – 18 September 1961) was a Swedish diplomat, economist, and author. He served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961. At the age of 47 years, 255 days, Hammarskjöld is the youngest to have held the post, and one of only four people to be awarded a posthumous Nobel Prize. Hammarskjöld is the only UN Secretary-General to die in office; his death occurred en route to cease-fire negotiations. US President John F. Kennedy called Hammarskjöld "the greatest statesman of our century".