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Auction: 347 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 91

Assortment of Polar Exploration Medals. Includes: Arctic - Antarctic Expeditions. 1941 Society of Medalists Medals. Bronze and Yellow Bronze, 73mm. By Springweiler. Polar Bear / Group of Penguins. EF; Amiral d'Urville - His Death in the Versailles Rail Incident, 1842. Brass, 12-sided, 25mm. D'Urville and his family Expedicion al Polo Sur "Uruguay" 1904. Brass, scalloped; Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. Bronze, 31mm; Peary Raised This Flag Who Raise the Other? Aluminum, 38mm. Aluminum pesting; Otto Mart Torell. 1922. Silver, 31mm. Facing bust of the geologist / Map of Greenland; 50th Anniversary of the Death of Shackleton, 1972. Silver, 38mm. BU; Robert Peary One Ounce Silver Bar; "Peary Finds North Pole" - modern Longines Sterling Medals (2). 40mm; modern Peary -North Pole 1909 medal in Sterling. 38mm; "Fram" pinback; New Zealand Silver Dollar, 2007 - Scott Base Camp in Antarctica. Brilliant Proof; British WWII Arctic Campaign Miniature Medal. Engraved on edge to "G.D. Taylor"; US Arctic Service Medals (2); Robert Falcon Scout - South Pole 1912-1972. Silver Medal, 38mm; Base Artica CNR - modern Italian medal. Bronze, 57mm; Corvette "Uruguay", 1903-2003; modern medallets (7), both polar and general exploration, including Royal Hobart Centenary Regatta; also Norwegian "Fram" Commemorative 5 Kronor, 1996. VF-BU. (28)

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