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Country: Sweden Kingdom
King Oscar II (1829-1872-1907)
Type: Commemorative medals › Historical medal
Years: 1878-1879
Currency: Medals - Sweden
Composition: Silvered Bronze
Weight: 11.5 g.
Diameter: 27 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Grade: AU53
Shape: Round
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
Reference:
Commemorative issue:
Strengthening the Northeast Passage by the Swedish polar explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832-1901).
Obverse:
Head of A.E. Nordenskiöld facing left. Engraver's name below neck.
Lettering:
ADOLF ERIK - NORDENSKJÖLD
LINDBERG
Engraver: A. Lindberg.
Reverse:
Within a tied laurel wreath and under the radiant North Star, the four-line legend with the dates of the exploration.
Lettering:
NORDOST-
PASSAGEN
FULLBORDAD
1878-79
Translation: North East Passage accomplished.
Edge:
Smooth.
Comments:
Nordenskiöld's participation in three geological expeditions to Spitsbergen, followed by longer Arctic explorations in 1867, 1870, 1872 and 1875, led him to attempt the discovery of the long-sought Northeast Passage. This he accomplished in the voyage of the SS Vega, navigating for the first time the northern coasts of Europe and Asia. Starting from Karlskrona on 22 June 1878, the Vega doubled Cape Chelyuskin in the following August, and after being frozen in at the end of September near the Bering Strait, completed the voyage successfully in the following summer. He edited a monumental record of the expedition in five volumes, and himself wrote a more popular summary in two volumes. On his return to Sweden he received an enthusiastic welcome, and in April 1880 was made a baron and a commander of the Order of the North Star
Source : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumi...
Collection : Exonumia