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Auction: 347 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 87

Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832-1901). Lot of Swedish Medals: Vega Expedition, 1878-1880 (2). Bronze, 48mm. By Lea Ahlborn. Conjoined heads of Nordenskiöld and 'Vega' Captain Adolf Arnold Louis Palander left / View of the 'Vega' at sea. EF-AU; Northeast Passage, 1878-1879. Bronze (3), Silvered Bronze (3). 27mm. By Lindberg. Head left / Four-line legend, radiant star above, within wreath. VF-AU; Royal Swedish Academy of Science, 1925. Silver, 31.4mm. By Erik Lindberg. Nordenskiöld bust right / Viking ship left. EF; and Swedish Sports Federation, Sports Day 1939. Bronze, 40mm. Nordenskiöld head left. About EF; also Austrian Bronze Plaque, 52 x 79.8mm. By H. Taglang. Nordenskiöld bust left. Good Very Fine (11)


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