Specimen button

Specimen button in gilt metal. It is dome-shaped with a shank. Obverse: 'CONE N.E. OF PT. BARROW INVESTIGATOR - AUGT 1850 ENTERPRISE - AUGT 1851. PLOVER AT PORT CLARENCE 1852. SQUADRON WITH STEAMERS SEARCHING N & W OF PARRY ISLAND 1852. DEPOTS OF PROVISIONS REFUGE INLET . PORT LEOPOLD & ADMIRALTY INLET IN BARROW STRAITS.' Reverse: 'ARCTIC EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.' See AAA4307.

Object details

ID: AAA4308
Collection: Polar Equipment and Relics
Type: Specimen button
Materials: Metal, gilt
Display location: Not on display
Events: Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Collinson, 1850-1855; Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, HMS Plover, 1848-1854 Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClure, 1850-1854
Vessels: Enterprise 1848 (HMS); Investigator (1848)
Date made: 1848
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
Measurements: Overall: 10 mm x 35 mm