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Medal - Oceanographic expedition of the MS Albatross
| Location | Sweden |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Detailed high-relief depiction of the motor schooner Albatross sailing right under full sail on a stylized sea, with the vessel name inscribed on the hull. The circular legend surrounds the design along the rim. |
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| Reverse description | A neoclassical allegorical female figure seated right, leaning on a writing desk and resting her head on one hand in a contemplative pose. To her right stands a pedestal supporting a lyre, an armillary sphere, an oil lamp, and an owl perched at the base, all rendered in an antiquarian neoclassical style within a beaded inner border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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