{"title":"Europe-Great Britain-Single Campaign Medals-Arctic \u0026 Polar Medals","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"arctic-medal-1857-gb0223","title":"Arctic Medal 1857","description":"Privately engraved: H. JOHNS H.M.S. ENTERPRISE. Claw tightened, with old ornate ribbon suspension, good very fine. Though fewl men named H. Johns appear on the roll, none was serving on HMS Enterprise.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46108615344405,"sku":"GB0223","price":1900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/bsc14301.jpg?v=1692837739"},{"product_id":"arctic-medal-1818-55-gb0515","title":"Arctic Medal 1818-55","description":"Engraved in italic capitals (Robert Silvers 1823). Mounted on original ribbon. Soldered repair at the top of the suspension star and swivel (which is thereby fixed solid), otherwise good very fine. ROBERT SILVERS served as Boatswain aboard the Griper under Commander Douglas Clavering. The 1823 expedition to Spitzbergen and Eastern Greenland involved magnetic experiments and observations, a landing on Pendulum Island and exploration as far north as Shannon Island and Gael Hanke?s Bay. It is possible, though not confirmed, that the recipient is the same man as the Robert Silvers who received the Naval General Service Medal with a single clasp for Martinique (Boatswain?s Mate, H.M.S. Cleopatra). FURTHER INFO ON THIS MEDAL FROM: \"Glenn M. Stein, FRGS\", Silvers? Arctic Medal appeared in Spink?s The Numismatic Circular, Vol. 81, No. 3, lot 2867, March 1973, gdVF, ?35 and Spink, Dec. 17,1997, lot 201, ?480. Commander Clavering has specially asked for Robert Silvers, describing him as \"a steady, active and desirable man.\" (Commander D.C. Clavering?s Voyage to East Greenland, 1823, by A.G.E. Jones; Musk-Ox, 19, p. 16; 1976). Silvers? NGS\/Martinique was offered in J.B. Hayward?s June 1971 catalogue (lot 2, VF, ?33). Silvers and HMS Cleopatra (Muster List; ADM 37\/2517). From his earliest verified service of Acting Boatswain on Leda in 1815 the Muster List shows that he ?appeared? from Africaine on March 18, 1814. The Muster List for Africaine Sept. 1813-June 1814 (ADM 37\/5205) shows his service therein as Boatswain?s Mate: ship?s no. 64; entry Aug. 20, 1811 (also appearance); from Cleopatra; born Stirling; age at entry 28. The preceding entry for Cleopatra is much more detailed; that information and that for \"Africaine\" are not entirely consistent, as his age seems to have stood still from 1806 to 1811 and his place of birth has altered as well. It was not unusual for dates and places of birth to be inconsistent with sailors of this time period, but there is no doubt that Boatswain Robert Silvers was entitled to and received the NGS\/Martinique.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46108668494101,"sku":"GB0515","price":3200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/bsc20002.jpg?v=1692837879"},{"product_id":"a-rare-1875-arctic-medal-gb3620","title":"A Rare 1875 Arctic Medal","description":"A Rare 1875 Arctic Medal - With a period replacement suspension, with dark patina, unnamed, otherwise very fine condition","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46109163192597,"sku":"GB3620","price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/a_rare_1875_arct_536e455fed87c.jpg?v=1692839272"},{"product_id":"an-1818-1855-victorian-arctic-service-medal-consignment-14-gb4689","title":"An 1818-1855 Victorian  Arctic Service Medal Consignment #14","description":"An 1818-1855 Victorian  Arctic Service Medal - An unnamed example, with attractive patina, solid suspension, extremely fine. With sterling silver buckle by Hunt \u0026amp; Roskell An excellent example of this medal. 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Thus the medal was granted to civilians, scientists, personnel of the French and American Navies and employees of the Hudson's Bay Company who took part in a number of abortive search parties for Sir John Franklin and his crew. 1,106 medals, out of 1,486 in all, were awarded to officers and ratings of the Royal Navy. (C:20).\n","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46115305914645,"sku":"GB5058","price":2300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/img_02_e6e12f87-c918-4150-8b57-bb73022aeeb3.jpg?v=1692854745"},{"product_id":"united-kingdom-an-arctic-star-gb6805","title":"United Kingdom. An Arctic Star","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn bronze, measuring 38.3 mm (w) x 44.5 mm (h), very light contact, original ribbon, near extremely fine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFootnote: The Arctic Star is a military campaign medal instituted by the United Kingdom on December 19, 2012 for award to British Commonwealth forces who served on the Arctic Convoys north of the Arctic Circle, during the Second World War. The Arctic Star is a retrospective award, announced in late 2012, nearly seven decades after the end of the Second World War. It was formally approved by the Queen for award to those who served on the Arctic Convoys during the Second World War, and production began in early 2013. The institution of the medal, along with the Bomber Command Clasp, was the end result of a sixteen-year-long campaign by Commander Eddie Grenfell, Lieutenant Commander Dick Dykes and Merchant Navy veteran Jock Dempster, who stressed that service in the arctic convoys north of the Arctic Circle was entirely different from that in the Atlantic, for which the Atlantic Star had been awarded, with different aims and different conditions which had been described by Winston Churchill as \"the worst journey in the world\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Arctic Star has been controversial, since it is the first British medal to be instituted and awarded using a dead monarch's cypher or effigy, and who did not give permission for it to be instituted. The medal has also been criticized by other groups, who maintain that the veterans of the convoys had already been amply rewarded with medals for this campaign, and they should not have received special treatment over other veterans who have been denied similar recognition.The medal was awarded for any length of operational service north of the Arctic Circle by members of the British Armed Forces and the Merchant Navy. The qualifying area is defined as 66° 32’ North Latitude and the qualifying period recognizes the particular severity of the conditions experienced by those who served in the Arctic. The inclusive qualifying period of service is September 3, 1939 to May 8, 1945, the duration of the Second World War in Europe. Though the Arctic Star is intended to recognize the service of personnel in the Arctic convoys of the Second World War, other members of the military and civilians may also qualify. Eligibility is defined as follows: Royal Navy and Merchant Navy personnel must have served anywhere at sea north of the Arctic Circle. This includes, but is not limited exclusively to, those ships which participated in, and in support of convoys to North Russia. Fleet Air Arm personnel who did not qualify by sea service may qualify under the criteria applicable to Royal Air Force personnel; Air crew of the Air Forces are eligible if they landed north of the Arctic Circle or served in the air over this area. Non-air crew who performed operational service in the area, for example ground crew or those who sailed with Catapult Aircraft Merchant Ships, are also eligible; Army personnel who served on His Majesty’s ships or in defensively equipped merchant ships qualify under the rules applying to the Navy or Merchant Navy. Personnel who took part in land operations north of the Arctic Circle are also eligible for award; Civilian Members of the few approved categories who qualify for Campaign Stars will be eligible so long as they met any qualifying criteria while they served in support of military operations; and Foreign nationals who served in British or Dominion Forces, such as the Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Australian Navy, are eligible for the Arctic Star so long as the individuals have not been recognized by a similar award from their own governments. Eligibility for the Arctic Star does not affect an individual's eligibility for any other previously awarded campaign medals, nor does it automatically entitle individuals to any further awards.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46126141866261,"sku":"GB6805","price":270.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/c19-2456.jpg?v=1692884865"},{"product_id":"united-kingdom-a-1815-1855-arctic-medal-gb8320","title":"United Kingdom. A 1815-1855 Arctic Medal","description":"\u003cp\u003eInstituted 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 marker, die flaw around 8 o’clock where the rim is slightly thicker and sharper, worn on original white watered silk ribbon, darker patina around the raised letters on the obverse, minor wear, a very scarce and very fine decoration. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFootnote: The Arctic Medal 1815–1855 was a British campaign medal awarded to officers and men of the Royal Navy and certain civilians who took part in Arctic exploration and search expeditions during that period. Struck in silver and bearing the crowned effigy of Queen Victoria, it commemorated service on numerous voyages—most famously the Franklin search missions—as Britain sought both geographic discovery and answers to the disappearance of Sir John Franklin’s 1845 expedition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49616168190229,"sku":"GB8320","price":1761.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/eMedals_GB8320_2.jpg?v=1767637620"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.emedals.com\/collections\/europe-great-britain-single-campaign-medals-arctic-polar-medals.oembed","provider":"eMedals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}