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Large Gold medal, Société de Géographie, Paris, 1827
Société de Géographie gold medal awarded to Sir John Ross in 1834 for his voyage to the polar seas. The obverse depicts Minerva seated holding a laurel wreath in each hand extending her right to the front. Behind her are palm branches on a altar, a wreath of laurel knotted at the base. The exergue reads "MDCCCXXVII" "ANDRIEU FECIT" (L). "DE PUYMAURIN DI" (R). The reverse displays the legend: "SOCIETE DE GEOGRAPHIE. FONDEE A PARIS EN 1821", and within a laurel wreath is the inscription: "AU CAPITAINE JOHN ROSS POUR DES DESCOUVERTES DANS LES MERS POLAIRES PRIX ANNUEL 1834".
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Object Details
| ID: | MED2570 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Prize medal |
| Display location: | Display - Polar Worlds Gallery |
| Creator: | Andrieu, Bertrand; Marcassus, Jean Pierre Casimir de |
| Events: | Arctic Exploration: Ross' second voyage, 1829-1833 |
| Date made: | 1827; 1831 |
| Exhibition: | North-West Passage |
| People: | Ross, John |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 69 mm |