An 1857 Arctic Medal Archive 2 District Depot in Hamilton

2 District Depot in Hamilton on April 29

on a white linen stock

The Discovery Investigations Polar Medal - in bronze

the Canadian veteran stated that he used them through the last year of the war in France

An 1857 Arctic Medal Archive 2 District Depot in HamiltonAn 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,