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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, MEDALS BY SUBJECT Exploration,
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, MEDALS BY SUBJECT Exploration,
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, MEDALS BY SUBJECT Exploration, Polar, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, Death 1936, Bronze Medal, by P Richer and E Lindauer, bust right in high relief, rev starboard ship-portrait of the Pourquoi-Pas?, 68mm. Good very fine. Charcot’s Antarctic expedition in the Pourquoi-Pas? lasted from 1909-1911. He went on to command a Q-boat in the Royal Navy during the Great War, winning a Distinguished Service Cross. Charcot lost his life on the night of 15 September 1936 when the Pourquoi-Pas? sank during a storm off Iceland. £350-450
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, MEDALS BY SUBJECT Exploration,

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