United Kingdom. An 1815-1855 Arctic Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac ) and marked "G-I" on

) and marked "G-I" on the reverse

center gilded and silvered

with a black wool backer and a thin buckram core

measures approximately 42 mm x 105 mm inclusive of their red wool backers

He returned to the United States

United Kingdom. An 1815-1855 Arctic Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac ) and marked "G-I" onInstituted 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 49. 8 mm (h), worn on original white watered silk