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Award - Victoria Arctic Medal, circular bronze trial
| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1857 |
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| Technique | Struck |
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| Obverse description | Diademed bust of Queen Victoria facing left in high relief, with hair dressed in a chignon secured by a beaded band. The legend VICTORIA REGINA curves along the left and right fields respectively. |
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| Reverse description | A sledging party of figures hauling a sledge across ice occupies the foreground, with a beleaguered three-masted sailing ship beset in pack ice dominating the centre field, and towering icebergs visible in the background. The legend FOR ARCTIC DISCOVERIES. arcs along the upper periphery, with the dates 1818 and 1855 flanking a dash in the lower exergue. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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