An 1857 Arctic Medal Archive Trench Watch with shrapnel guard

Trench Watch with shrapnel guard

the Franco-Prussian War Medal 1870-71 with the Weissenburg

The Discovery Investigations Polar Medal - in bronze

he took command of one of the larger T Class Submarines

An 1857 Arctic Medal Archive Trench Watch with shrapnel guardAn 1857 Arctic Medal Silver, un named, 33. 3 mm x 48 mm, original ribbon, contact marks, slight knock to suspension star, otherwise very fine. Footnote: The medal was instituted in 1857 and was awarded retrospectively to all officers and men engaged in expeditions to the polar regions from 1818 to 1855, including those involved in the on going search for the ill fated Franklin Expedition of 1845 1848. Thus the medal was granted to civilians,