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Medal commemorating Sir Charles Lewis Giesecke (1761-1833)
Medal commemorating Sir Charles Lewis Giesecke (1761-1833). Obverse: Bust of Giesecke (right). Legend: 'C . L . GIESECKE . EQV . AVRAT . MIN . PROF . S . HON . S . D . A . HIB . R . S.' Reverse: A polar bear on the ice, columnar basalt (left), a whale spouting in the sea, distant icebergs. Legend: 'HYEMES . VII . SUB . ARCTO . TOLERAVIT . INGENTI . NATURAE . PERCULSUS . AMORE.'
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC1286 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Mossop, W. S. |
| Date made: | 1817 |
| People: | Giesecke, Charles Lewis; Mossop, W. S. |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 43 mm |
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