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Polar Medal 1904
Obverse: Bust of King Edward VII in naval uniform with order and medals. Legend: 'EDWARDVS VII REX IMPERATOR'. Reverse: Starboard broadside view of a barque-rigged steamer (Discovery) fast in the ice; a volcano in the distance; a group of six men in polar dress on skis in the foreground; a sledge with sail (left). Inscription on edge: 'SPECIMEN'. Bars: 'ANTARCTIC 1907-09', 'ANTARCTIC 1910-13', 'ANTARCTIC 1912-14', 'ANTARCTIC 1914-16', 'ANTARCTIC 1917', 'ANTARCTIC 1929-1931'. Fitted with a cusped bar and suspended from a white ribbon.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0394 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Polar medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Gillick, Ernest George; Saulles, George William de |
| Events: | Antarctic Exploration: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913; Antarctic Exploration: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1916 Antarctic Exploration: Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition, 1907-1909 Antarctic Exploration: Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Antarctic Exploration: British, Australian, New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-1931 |
| Vessels: | Discovery (1901) |
| Date made: | 1904 |
| People: | VII, King Edward |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 33mm |