A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. The back of a silver watch case. It was obtained from the Inuit at Repulse Bay in 1854 by the Rae Expedition. The Inuit said that they had found the material at a camp to the north west of the mouth of the Back River where a party of Europeans had died of starvation. The case has London hallmarks with the date letter for 1808-9 and the maker's initials 'I TG' (possibly Thomas and Joseph Guest) also stamped with the number '12466' and marked in ink 'No 6'. The item is shown in the drawing by Edward Pulleyn (AAA3972). It was presented to Greenwich Hospital by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 2 December 1854.