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First Arctic Medal
Arctic medal awarded to Vice-Admiral Philip Ruffle Sharpe (1831-92). Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria in a small diadem (left). Legend: 'VICTORIA REGINA'. Truncation: 'L.C. WYON F.' Reverse: Port broadside view of a barque in the distance, a sledge party in the foreground, icebergs in the distance. Legend: 'FOR ARCTIC DISCOVERIES'. Exergue: '1818-1855'. The medal is suspended by a star and loop from a white ribbon. Uninscribed.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0101 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Polar medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, Leonard Charles; Wyon, Leonard Charles |
| Events: | Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Trollope, 1853-1855 |
| Date made: | 1857 |
| People: | Sharpe, Philip Ruffle |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 33 mm |