1857 Arctic Discoveries Medal
.925 Silver. 32mm x 46mm. According to the Medal Yearbook, these medals were "Awarded retrospectively to all officers and men engaged in expeditions to the polar regions from 1818 to 1855, including those involved in the on-going search for the ill-fated Franklin Expedition of 1845-8. Thus, the medal was granted to civilians, scientists, personnel of the French and US Navies and employees of the Hudson's Bay Company who took part in a number of abortive search parties for Sir John Franklin and his crew."
A total of 1,486 medals were awarded in all. While most, if not all, were issued unnamed, some including this one, have been privately engraved. The edge here is inscribed with the initials S.M.B. with decoration left and right. The surfaces are lightly hairlined beneath attractive toning in shades of steel-blue and violet. The original ribbon is included.
.925 Silver. 32mm x 46mm. According to the Medal Yearbook, these medals were "Awarded retrospectively to all officers and men engaged in expeditions to the polar regions from 1818 to 1855, including those involved in the on-going search for the ill-fated Franklin Expedition of 1845-8. Thus, the medal was granted to civilians, scientists, personnel of the French and US Navies and employees of the Hudson's Bay Company who took part in a number of abortive search parties for Sir John Franklin and his crew."
A total of 1,486 medals were awarded in all. While most, if not all, were issued unnamed, some including this one, have been privately engraved. The edge here is inscribed with the initials S.M.B. with decoration left and right. The surfaces are lightly hairlined beneath attractive toning in shades of steel-blue and violet. The original ribbon is included.
.925 Silver. 32mm x 46mm. According to the Medal Yearbook, these medals were "Awarded retrospectively to all officers and men engaged in expeditions to the polar regions from 1818 to 1855, including those involved in the on-going search for the ill-fated Franklin Expedition of 1845-8. Thus, the medal was granted to civilians, scientists, personnel of the French and US Navies and employees of the Hudson's Bay Company who took part in a number of abortive search parties for Sir John Franklin and his crew."
A total of 1,486 medals were awarded in all. While most, if not all, were issued unnamed, some including this one, have been privately engraved. The edge here is inscribed with the initials S.M.B. with decoration left and right. The surfaces are lightly hairlined beneath attractive toning in shades of steel-blue and violet. The original ribbon is included.