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Description: | Medal commemorating Sir Charles Lewis Giesecke (1761-1833). Obverse: Bust of Giesecke (right). Legend: 'C . L . GIESECKE . EQV . AVRAT . MIN . PROF . S . HON . S . D . A . HIB . R . S.' Reverse: A polar bear on the ice, columnar basalt (left), a whale spouting in the sea, distant icebergs. Legend: 'HYEMES . VII . SUB . ARCTO . TOLERAVIT . INGENTI . NATURAE . PERCULSUS . AMORE.'
caption: Medal commemorating Sir Charles Lewis Giesecke (1761-1833); obverse
caption: Medal commemorating Sir Charles Lewis Giesecke (1761-1833); reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals C L Sir Charles Lewis Giesecke W.S. Mossop | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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