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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
03/09/2023 Auction 182	Medals	Lot 835	Challenger Expedition 1895 75mm diameter in cast bronze, by B. Rhind after W.S. Black, Obverse A knight standing left, points to the gauntlet he has thrown down, behind, an upright trident from which unfurls a ribbon inscribed REPORT ON THE SCIENTIFIC RESULTS OF THE CHALLENGER EXPEDITION 1886-95. Reverse: Neptune standing beside an oval-framed bust of Athena, left, and an owl. below, two mermaids display a ribbon inscribed VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER 1872-76, BHM 3487, Eimer 1797, 190.75 grammes, GVF, R.B. WATSON on the edge, Rare, with a total of just 120 being issued. R.B. Watson is listed on the World Register of marine Species website as the author of 'Mollusca of the H.M.S. Challenger Expedition', cataloguing many new species for the first time. The result of the voyage was the aforementioned report, which among many other discoveries, catalogued over 4000 previously unknown species. John Murray, who supervised the publication, described the report as 'The Greatest Advance in the knowledge of our planet since the celebrated discoveries of the 15th and 16th Centuries. In its passage near to Antarctica, it was the first scientific expedition to take pictures of icebergs. A most unusual and intriguing issue, which will appeal to the medal collector and scientifically minded alike More medals like this	£550
04/09/2022 Auction 178	Medals	Lot 683	Arctic Medal 1818-1855 designed by Leonard Charles Wyon, in octagonal form, the reverse a three-masted ship 'FOR ARCTIC DISCOVERIES' 1818-1855 in exergue, Obverse: Bust of Queen Victoria to left VICTORIA REGINA with beaded border, star suspension with loop and ivory colour ribbon, Bright NEF unnamed as issued, the portrait with some rubbing, the obverse fields with some hairlines More medals like this	£1,500
06/12/2020 Auction 171	Medals	Lot 1151	Swan, Mear and Wood - In the Footsteps of Scott and Shackleton 1910-1912 63mm diameter in silver, weight 151.12 grammes, by the Royal Mint Obverse: Three explorers to right, looking left across an Antarctic scene, 1910-1912 IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF SCOTT 1984-1986, Reverse: CAPTAIN . ROBERT . FALCON . SCOTT . SIR . ERNEST . SHACKLETON Oval vignettes of Scott and Shackleton, above Swan, Mear and Wood skiing, towing their sleds behind, hallmarked on the edge UNC in a red Royal Mint box, no certificate More medals like this	£80
05/12/2016 Auction 155	Medals	Lot 2081	A silver Arctic medal 1818-1855, designed by Leonard Charles Wyon, octagonal form, reverse with a three masted ship "For Arctic Discoveries", 1818-1855 in exergue, obverse Queen Victoria to left, VICTORIA REGINA with beaded border, star suspension with loop and ivory colour ribbon, unnamed EF toned with some contact marks More medals like this	£660

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