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Large Gold medal, Société de Géographie, Paris, 1827
Half of a circular shagreen box for a large Gold medal of the Société de Géographie de Paris, awarded to Captain John Franklin in 1829 (the first such award). On the back of the box is a label with: 'French geographical medal presented 1824'
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Object Details
| ID: | MED1852.1 |
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| Type: | Box |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Jean Pierre Casimir de Marcassus, Baron de Puymaurin; Bertrand Andrieu |
| Date made: | 1827 |
| Credit: | On loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, from the Hopton Hall Derbyshire Collection. Kindly lent by the Gell Muniment Trustees |
| Measurements: | Overall: 75 mm x 70 mm |
| Parts: |
Large Gold medal, Société de Géographie, Paris, 1827 (Prize medal)
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