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

The South Lancashire Regiment served with distinction in the Second Boer War (1899–1902)

with an identification number of “174395”

800) and a letter “W” for Warsaw

One group photograph of members of Freikorps Freiwillige 12

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