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Auction: 347 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 78

United States. The Explorers Club, Peary Medal, engraved 'William Horlick April 6th 1914' and additionally around the figure of Peary to the reverse 'Explorers Club Medal of Honour to Peary to Commemorate the Fifth Anniversary of his Discovery of the North Pole', bronze, contact marks, very fine

William Horlick was a close supporter of all expeditions in this period, supplying his famous products to the explorers and pioneers who stepped into the unknown. Peary named the Horlick Range of mountains in Marie Byrd Land in his honour. Besides Peary, Amundsen and Scott also took Horlicks products to the Antarctic.

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$1,200