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Auction: 344 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at Grand Hyatt, NY INC
Lot: 902

Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867-1936). French Medal in his honor. Bronze, 68mm. By Edmond-Émile Lindauer. Bust right, rev. Charcot's ship "Pourquoi Pas", on which he completed his Second Expedition to the Antarctic (1908-1910); EXPEDITIONS POLAIRES FRANÇAISES. (Charcot later died aboard the "Pourquoi Pas" when it was wrecked off Iceland on the 16th of September 1936.) Extremely Fine.

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