United Kingdom. A 1815-1855 Arctic Medal Buy Now Instituted August 6 1864

Instituted August 6 1864

NOTTS & DERBY

measuring 90 mm (w) 40 mm (h)

mother of pearl reverse

An Original Commission Document Appointing Methuen to be a Commissioned Gunner

United Kingdom. A 1815-1855 Arctic Medal Buy Now Instituted August 6 1864Instituted 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 52. 9 mm (h), the rim has been marked M18231 in