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Auction: 14002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 32

Polar Medal 1904, G.V.R., 2nd type, bronze, one clasp, Antarctic 1929-30 (F. Sones.), good very fine, in Royal Mint case of issue

Frederic Sones, born Halesworth, Suffolk, 1888, and resided in East Ham; served as Cook in Discovery during the first voyage of the British, Australian, New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-30.

16 bronze medals with this clasp were awarded for this expedition (London Gazette 1.5.1934 refers).

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