| Location | Ireland |
| Year | 1817 |
| Type | Commemorative medals/Personality or portrait medal |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | |
| Diameter | 42 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | |
| Edge | |
| Period | |
| Notice | William Stephen Mossop |
| Reference(s) | BHM#953 |
| Obverse description | Bare head of Sir Charles Giesecke right |
| Obverse lettering | C.L.
GIESECKE . EQV . AVRAT . MIN . PROF . S . HON . S . D . A . HIB . R
. S &c. (Translation: C. L. Giesecke, Knight, Professor of Mineralogy, Honorary Fellow of the Dublin Society, Fellow of the Royal Irish Academy, etc.) |
| Obverse script | |
| Reverse description | Polar bear on an ice floe, date below |
| Reverse lettering | HYEMES . VII. SUB . ARCTO . TOLERA VIT
. INGENTI . NATURAE . PERCULSUS . AMORE
MDCCCXVII (Translation: Impelled by a great love of nature, he endured seven winters in the Arctic) |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Engraver | |
| Mintage | 1817 - - |
| Catalog ID | 2491924500 |
| Comments |
