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Description: | First Arctic Medal awarded to William Brett, HMS 'Investigator'. Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria in a small diadem (left), Legend: 'VICTORIA REGINA'. Truncation 'L. C. WYON'. Reverse. Port broadside view of a barque in the ice, a sledge party in the foreground, icebergs in the distance. Legend: 'FOR ARCTIC DISCOVERIES'. Exergue: '1818-1855' . Ribbon missing. Uninscribed.
William Brett's Diary in manuscript department MSS/79/088.0
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