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Medal commemorating Sir Charles Lewis Giesecke (1761-1833)

Medal commemorating Sir Charles Lewis Giesecke (1761-1833). Obverse: Bust of Giesecke (right). Legend: 'C . L . GIESECKE . EQV . AVRAT . MIN . PROF . S . HON . S . D . A . HIB . R . S.' Reverse: A polar bear on the ice, columnar basalt (left), a whale spouting in the sea, distant icebergs. Legend: 'HYEMES . VII . SUB . ARCTO . TOLERAVIT . INGENTI . NATURAE . PERCULSUS . AMORE.'
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Object Details

ID: MEC1286
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Mossop, W. S.
Date made: 1817
People: Giesecke, Charles Lewis; Mossop, W. S.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 43 mm