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Auction: 23001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 319

(x) Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, 1895, a cast bronze award medal, unsigned [by B. Rhind after W.S. Black], in the shape of a medieval knight, gauntlet at left, upright trident at right, reverse Neptune at left of framed bust of Athena, edge engraved 'T. W. Fulton', 75mm (BHM 3487; E 1797), good very fine and rare

117 Medals awarded - six issued to the scientific staff of the Expedition, 31 issued to Royal Naval officers of the Expedition and 80 issued to the editorial staff and authors of the scientific reports of the Challenger expeditions.

Thomas W. Fulton was born in 1855, made M.D. in 1884 and also F.R.S.E., being awarded his Medal as a member of the editorial staff. He died in 1929.



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