Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Polar Medal 1904, E.II.R., 2nd issue, silver, 1 clasp, Antarctic 1958-61 (Anthony G. Davies, M.B., Ch.B.) extremely fine £3000-3500

Six silver medals with this clasp awarded per London Gazette 13 December 1963.

Antony Graham Davies served as a medical officer with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey during 1958-61. A note by the recipient accompanying the medal states ‘A party of four was flown to Horseshoe Island on the west coast of Graham Island in March 1960. The party was made up of surveyor, geologist, radio operator and medical officer. From March until October we were stationed at Horseshoe Island and our main jobs were geological and topographical survey in the surrounding fjords. From October until March 1961 our base was at Stonington Island. Most of this period was spent sledging in untravelled country on the mainland to the south-east of Stonington.’

Davies subsequently worked overseas in such areas as the Sudan, Zaire and Zambia. He qualified MB, ChB, St Andrews, 1958; MD, St Andrews, 1963; and PhD, Birmingham, 1976. He was the author of various books and papers on triticular physiology. Note that both London Gazette and medal give incorrect spelling of his first name. Sold with approximately 60 colour slides taken in the Antarctic, some copied to a C.D.