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Description: | Obverse: Head of George V. Legend: 'GEORGIVS: V D.G.BRITT.OMN.REX ET INDIAE.IMP.' Reverse: Starboard broadside view of a barque-rigged steamer (Discovery) fast in the ice; a volcano in the distance; a group of six men in polar dress on skis in the foreground; a sledge with sails (left). Inscription on edge: 'SPECIMEN'. Bar: 'ARCTIC 1930-31'. The medal is fitted with a cusped bar and white ribbon with brooch pin. As awarded to members of Mr Watkins's British Arctic Air-Route Expedition.
Inscription. AQN: Admiralty (previous owner). | Publisher: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/page/7d7ded6fb50d6031e2884961a200be58.html | Subjects: | V Discovery 1901 George | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Creator: | Mackennal, B. | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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