Medal cast
Two casts, obverse and reverse of a medal commemorating the first transit of the North-East Passage. Obverse: View of the 'Vega' under steam. Legend: 'NORDOSTPASSAGEN FULLBORDAD UNDER KONUNG OSCAR IIs. REGERINGSTID.' Exergue: 'UNDER LEDNING AF A.E. NORDENSKIOLD MED SVENSKA SKEPPET VEGA FORDT AF L.PALANDER 1878-1879'. Reverse: The Polar regions with the aura borealis above. Exergue: 'AF OFFICERARE OCH CIVILE TJENSTEMAN VID KONGL.FLOTTAN.'
Object Details
| ID: | SEC1381 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Arctic Exploration: Navigation of the North-East Passage by Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, 1878-1879 |
| Vessels: | Vega (1872) |
| Date made: | 1878-9 |
| People: | Nordenskiöld, Adolf Erik; Palander, Adolf Arnold Louis |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 4 mm x 43 mm |