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Auction: 317 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 984

Greenland. Sirius Sled Patrol, 25th Anniversary Medal, 1975. Silver, 50mm. 78.7 gms. By F. Bahnsen, issued by A. Nyborg. Two man-team with sledge drawn by dogteam on patrol, rev. Sirius Arms, anniversary dates below, Danish legend "Northeast Greenland". Number 756 of 1500 issued. The Slaedepatruljen Sirius is an elite Danish naval unit whose job it is to conduct long-range recon patrols in the arctic wilderness of northern and eastern Greenland and maintain and enforce Danish sovereignty there. This is done in two-man patrols using dog-pulled sledges, with the unit often gone for four-month stretches at a time. Toned About Uncirculated.

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