United Kingdom. A 1815-1855 Arctic Medal Archive featuring three decorations executed according

featuring three decorations executed according to the regulations of 1957

worn on an incorrect but similar ribbon

and spent the remainder of the war in military hospitals convalescing and rehabilitating

the obverse bears the right-facing portrait of King Wilhelm II

Royal Army Service Corps indicates he was entitled to the British War Medal and the Victory Medal

United Kingdom. A 1815-1855 Arctic Medal Archive featuring three decorations executed accordingInstituted 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