United Kingdom. An 1815-1855 Arctic Medal Auction with minor material fatigue evident

with minor material fatigue evident

while an additional length of identical piping trims the outer edge of the crown

C & Co) was founded in Philadelphia by James Emmett Caldwell in 1839

It was fought between the Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marina) and a combined forced of the British Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy

United Kingdom. An 1815-1855 Arctic Medal Auction with minor material fatigue evidentInstituted January 30, 1857. In silver, an octagonal medal with beaded edge, the obverse with the inscription FOR ARCTIC DISCOVERIES above a large ship surrounded by icebergs and explorers pulling a sled in the foreground with the dates 1815 1855 below, the reverse featuring the left facing portrait of Queen Victoria, surmounted by an eight point star representing the Pole Star, measures 33. 4 mm (w) x 49. 8 mm (h), worn on original white watered silk