NEPAL. Republic. Medal 1978 (Silver, 32 mm, 20.00 g), on the 25th Anniversary of the First Ascent of Mount Everest. Franklin Mint, Wawa. •FIRST ASCENT OF MOUNT EVEREST• / TWENTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY // 1953/1978 Two climbers at summit with flag. Rev. MOUNT / EVEREST / Height: 29,028ft / First ascent completed: / 11:30 a.m. / May 29, 1953 in six lines within rope and between two ice axes; above, two crossed flags. Within first-day-of-release cover with two commemorative postage stamps and a COA signed by Sir Edmund Hillary, one of the two first climbers of the Mount Everest. Proof.