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Auction: 4020 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 460

Polar Medal, bronze, G.V.R. 2nd 'Crowned Head' type, one clasp, Antarctic 1929-30 (R. C. Tomlinson), extremely fine Estimate £ 1,200-1,400 Polar Medal, London Gazette 1.5.1934 Raymond C. Tomlinson born in Sheffield; served as Able Seaman in Discovery during the first British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Expedition 1929-30; the object of the expedition was to explore the unknown area of Antarctic coastline between Kaiser Willhelm II Land and Coats Land, a stretch of 2,500 miles; Discovery left Cape Town 19.10.1929, sighted several previously uncharted islands and mountain ranges including Douglas Islands, MacRobertson Land, Proclamation Island, and Scott Mountains, and reached Australia, 31.3.1930

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