United Kingdom. A 1815-1855 Arctic Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Wooden framed print

Wooden framed print

the insignia consisting of a Slovak coat of arms

the reverse bearing a raised female figure circumscribed by an inscription of “ROMÂNIA RECUNOSCĂTOARE” (“ROMANIA IS GRATEFUL”)

with two gilded aluminum rank pips and gilded medic device

reverse engraved with stylized swirls and the inscription "WON BY J

United Kingdom. A 1815-1855 Arctic Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Wooden framed printInstituted 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