United Kingdom. A 1815-1855 Arctic Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with two gilded aluminum rank

with two gilded aluminum rank pips and gilded medic device

5 mm (h) enameled ribbon bar with push pin

the reverse bearing a raised female figure circumscribed by an inscription of “ROMÂNIA RECUNOSCĂTOARE” (“ROMANIA IS GRATEFUL”)

800) and a letter “W” for Warsaw

with an identification number of “174395”

United Kingdom. A 1815-1855 Arctic Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with two gilded aluminum rankInstituted January 30, 1857. In silver, an octagonal medal with beaded edge, the obverse with the inscription FOR ARCTIC DISCOVERIES above a large ship surrounded by icebergs and explorers pulling a sled in the foreground with the dates 1815 1855 below, the reverse featuring the left facing portrait of Queen Victoria, surmounted by an eight point star representing the Pole Star, measures 33. 4 mm (w) x 52. 9 mm (h), the rim has been marked M18231 in