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Description: | First Arctic Medal. Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria in a small diadem (left), Legend: 'VICTORIA REGINA'. Signed on the 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' . The medal is suspended by a star and loop from a white ribbon. Uninscribed.
ACQ: Transferred from Antiquities - Polar Relics. | 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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