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An image showing 'MEC0407; Polar Medal 1910-36. Bar: 'ANTARCTIC 1912-14'. Inscription on edge: 'SPECIMEN'. Awarded to members of Sir Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition, Recto'
An image showing 'MEC0407; Polar Medal 1910-36. Bar: 'ANTARCTIC 1912-14'. Inscription on edge: 'SPECIMEN'. Awarded to members of Sir Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition, Verso'
An image showing 'Medal commemorating the capture of Schlusselburg, 1702; obverse'
An image showing 'Medal commemorating the capture of two Swedish ships, 1703; obverse'
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Medal commemorating the capture of Schlüsselburg, 1702

Medal commemorating the capture of Schlüsselburg, 1702. Obverse: Bust of Czar Peter I, laureate, in armour and cloak (right). Legend: 'PETRVS . ALEXII . FIL . D . G . RVSS . IMP . M . DVX MOSCOVIAE.' Reverse: Storming of the fortress, batteries in foreground; Neptune, holding a trident in right hand, and a key in left, lying below. Legend: 'NOTTEBVRGVM . NUNC . SCHLVSSELBVRGUM .' Exergue: '. POST . ANN . XG ABHOSTE . REGVP . D . XII OCTOB SV MDCCII.' (Notteburg now Schlüsselburg after ninety years recaptured from the enemy.) A copy after P.H. Müller.
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Object Details

ID: MEC0407
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Iwanov, T.
Events: Great Northern War: Siege of Nöteborg, 1702; Great Northern War: Siege of Nöteborg, 1702
Date made: 1702
People: Tsar Peter I of Russia
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 44 mm