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Commemorative sterling silver spoon
A sterling silver spoon commemorating Roald Amundsen’s attainment of the South Pole. The round bowl shows the location of the South Pole. Cast into the handle: ‘SYDPOLEN-OPDAGER-14-17-DCMR-1911.’ The terminal shows a portrait with a star above inscribed: ‘ROALD AMUNDSEN’ and a portrait of his ship inscribed ‘FRAM’. Below the ship, a shield with the Royal Arms of Norway - the device is a rampant lion, crowned and holding an axe.
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Object details
| ID: | ZBA7298 |
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| Type: | Spoon |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Felumb, Ludvig Theodor |
| Events: | Antarctic Exploration: Amundsen's Antarctic Expedition, 1910 |
| Date made: | circa 1925 |
| People: | Amundsen, Roald Engelbregt Gravning |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 17 mm x 48 mm x 171 mm |