First Arctic Medal

First Arctic Medal. Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria in a small diadem (left), Legend: 'VICTORIA REGINA'. Signed on the truncation: 'L. C. WYON'. Reverse. Port broadside view of a barque in the ice, a sledge party in the foreground, icebergs in the distance. Legend: 'FOR ARCTIC DISCOVERIES'. Exergue: '1818-1855' . The medal is suspended by a star and loop from a white ribbon. Uninscribed.

Object Details

ID: MED0965
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Polar medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyon, Leonard Charles
Date made: 1857
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 33 mm