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Description: | Medal commemorating the first navigation of the North East Passage, 1879. Obverse: Heads of the two explorers conjoined (left). Legend: 'A.A.L. PALANDER A.E.NORDENSKI�LD'. Reverse: Port broadside view of the barque 'Vega' steaming through the ice. Legend: 'INVIA TENACI NULLA EST VIA'. Exergue: 'ORAS ASIAE BOREALES PRIMUM CIRCUMNAVIGANTIBUS REG . ACAD . SCIENT . SVEC . MDCCCLXXIX' (To the first navigators of the north coast of Asia by the Royal Swedish Academy).
caption: Medal commemorating Palander and Nordenskiold and their navigation of the North East passage - Reverse
caption: Medal commemorating Palander and Nordenskiold and their navigation of the North East passage- Obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the first navigation of the North East Passage, 1879; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the first navigation of the North East Passage, 1879; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | naval tokens &c. Nils Adolf Erik war medals medals L Vega fl.1878 Nordenskjold of foreign countries naval rewards Royal Swedish Academy of Science Naval Medals: commemorative medals Palander | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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