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Description: | Arctic medal awarded to Vice-Admiral Philip Ruffle Sharpe (1831-92). Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria in a small diadem (left). Legend: 'VICTORIA REGINA'. Truncation: 'L.C. WYON F.' Reverse: Port broadside view of a barque in the distance, a sledge party in the foreground, icebergs in the distance. Legend: 'FOR ARCTIC DISCOVERIES'. Exergue: '1818-1855'. The medal is suspended by a star and loop from a white ribbon. Uninscribed. | Publisher: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/page/7d7ded6fb50d6031e2884961a200be58.html | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Creator: | Wyon, Leonard Charles | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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