Polar Medal 1910-36
Obverse: Bust of King George V in naval uniform, orders and medals (left). Legend: 'GEORGIVS V BRITT. OMN. REX ET IND. IMP'. Reverse: Starboard broadside view of a barque-rigged steamer (Discovery) fast in the ice, a volcano in the distance, a group of six men in polar dress on skis in the foreground, a sledge with sail (left). Bar: 'ANTARCTIC 1912-14'. Inscription on edge: 'SPECIMEN'. Awarded to members of Sir Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
c. 1910
Silver, silk
36.0 mm
MED0407
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