United Kingdom. A 1815-1855 Arctic Medal Archive A Civic Decoration

A Civic Decoration

Friedrich III

measuring 37 mm (w) x 54 mm (h)

and spent the remainder of the war in military hospitals convalescing and rehabilitating

the obverse bears the right-facing portrait of King Wilhelm II

United Kingdom. A 1815-1855 Arctic Medal Archive A Civic DecorationInstituted January 30, 1857. In silver, an octagonal medal with beaded edge, the obverse with the inscription FOR ARCTIC DISCOVERIES above a large ship surrounded by icebergs and explorers pulling a sled in the foreground with the dates 1815 1855 below, the reverse featuring the left facing portrait of Queen Victoria, surmounted by an eight point star representing the Pole Star, measures 33. 4 mm (w) x 52. 9 mm (h), the rim has been marked M18231 in