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 1844-45 and the maker's initials 'RP'. The item is shown in the drawing by Edward Pulleyn (AAA3972). It was presented to Greenwich Hospital by the Admiralty.