Brushed gold electroplated cap and barrel with 23ct gold plated trim, fitted with a solid 18ct gold nib.

The pen is laser engraved- 29th May 1953,Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay,First accent of Mount Everest (29,035 ft) and the Napalese name of the mountain, Sagarmatha in Nepali script.

The pen was supplied in a beechwood box along side a cut glass ink bottle and a certificate of authencity signed by Sir Chris Bonington .