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medal, British: campaign medal: South Africa medal, 1877-1879
medal, British: polar medal: Antarctic 1928-31
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medal, British: polar medal: Antarctic 1935-37
medal, British: polar medal: Arctic 1952-54
medal, British: polar medal: Arctic Discoveries 1818-55
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Adams, George Gammon
Gillick, Ernest George
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Mackennal, Edgar Bertram
Paget, Thomas Humphrey
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Antarctic Exploration: British, Australian, New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-1931
Antarctic Exploration: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913
Antarctic Exploration: British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904
Antarctic Exploration: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1916
Antarctic Exploration: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1917
Antarctic Exploration: Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914
Antarctic Exploration: Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition, 1907-1909
Arctic Exploration: British Arctic Air-Route Expedition, Watkins, 1930-1931
Arctic Exploration: British North Greenland Expedition, 1952-1954
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Austin, 1850-1851
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Belcher, 1852-1854
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClure, 1850-1854
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Trollope, 1853-1855
Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nares, 1875-1876
British Graham Land Expedition, 1934-1937
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Bradshaw, Benjamin
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First Arctic Medal (Polar medal)
Polar Medal 1910-36 (Polar medal)
First Arctic Medal (Polar medal)
Polar Medal 1910-36 (Polar medal)
Polar Medal 1937-53 (Polar medal)
Polar Medal 1904 (Polar medal)
First Arctic Medal (Polar medal)
Polar Medal 1904 (Polar medal)
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First Arctic Medal (Polar medal)
First Arctic Medal (Polar medal)
First Arctic Medal (Polar medal)
First Arctic Medal (Polar medal)
Polar medal, Arctic 1953 (Polar medal)
First Arctic Medal (Polar medal)
First Arctic Medal (Polar medal)
First Arctic Medal (Polar medal)
First Arctic Medal (Polar medal)
Polar Medal 1904 (Polar medal)
First Arctic Medal (Polar medal)
First Arctic Medal (Polar medal)
Arctic Medal 1876 (Polar medal)
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