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clothing accessory: button, royal naval(two buttons)
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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
medal, British: polar medal: Polar Expeditions 1904
medal, British: polar medal: Polar Expeditions 1910-36
medal, British: prize medal: Royal Geographical Society Medal for Scott's Antarctic Expedition 1902-1904
medal, British: prize medal: Royal Geographical Society Medal for Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909
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Adams, George Gammon
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Canadian Artistic Dies Inc
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Antarctic Exploration: Amundsen's Antarctic Expedition, 1910
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Belcher, 1852-1854
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Grinnell, 1851
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Grinnell, 1853-1855
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Death in the ice: the shocking story of Franklin's final voyage
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Medal
commemorating Admiral William Brown (1777-1857) (
Medal
)
Medal
Medal
box
Large Gold
medal
, Société de Géographie, Paris, 1827 (Prize
medal
)
Large Gold
medal
, Société de Géographie, Paris, 1827 (Prize
medal
)
Medal
commemorating Sir Vivian Ernest Fuchs (1908-1999) (
Medal
)
Medal
ribbon
Medal
commemorating the attainment of the South Pole by Amundsen and Scott (
Medal
)
Medal
commemorating Jean Baptiste Charcot (1867-1936) and the 'Pourquoi Pas' (
Medal
)
Medal
commemorating Sir Charles Lewis Giesecke (1761-1833) (
Medal
)
Medal
commemorating the Grinnell Arctic Expedition, 1851 (
Medal
)
Medal
commemorating Admiral Nils Stjernschöld (1583-1627) (
Medal
)
Medal
commemorating Elisha Kent Kane (1820-1857) (
Medal
)
German
medal
commemorating Roald Amundsen's journey to the South Pole, 1911 (
Medal
)
Medal
commemorating the Hudson Bay Company tercentenary, 1970 (
Medal
)
Medal
commemorating Dr Elisha Kent Kane (1820-1857), Arctic explorer (
Medal
)
Medal
commemorating Dr Nils Otto Gustav Nordenskjöld (1869-1928) and the Antarctic expedition, 1901 (
Medal
commemorating the arctic explorer Dr Elisha Kent Kane (1820-1857) (
Medal
)
Medal
commemorating the Navigation of the North East Passage 1878-1879 (
Medal
)
Prize
medal
: Royal Geographical Society 1835 (Prize
medal
)
Medal
commemorating Duca d'Abruzzi and his North Pole expedition, 1899 (
Medal
)
Commemorative
medal
for the launch of Great Britain (1843) (
Medal
)
Royal Geographical Society
Medal
: Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909 (Prize
medal
)
Prize
medal
, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh (
Medal
)
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