A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. A slightly domed silver disc with Franklin's name ' Sir John Franklin K.C.B.' inscribed on the front (Franklin was knighted on 29 April 1829). There is a shank with screw threads in the middle of the reverse and it probably comes from the butt of a pistol. The item 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 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.