Nitro Nobel Gold Medal

The Nitro Nobel Gold Medal is an explosives industry award given by the Nitro Nobel Company of Sweden (now part of Dyno Nobel).[1]

The medal is gold, and features the same obverse as the Nobel Prize, but a different reverse. The medal has sometimes been confused with the Nobel Prize.

The award has only been given three times since its creation in 1967. The recipients are:

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  1. ^ a b New York Times, 1990-03-05
  2. ^ "Developing Safer Explosives". Archived from the original on 3 December 2006. Retrieved 28 January 2007.
  3. ^ "Age Limits Of The Earth's Biosphere". Archived from the original on 31 October 2006. Retrieved 28 January 2007.