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16 July 2020

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№ 776

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16 July 2020

Hammer Price:
£280

A Polar Exploration Medal commemorating the death of Jean-Baptiste Charcot, 1936, by P. Richer and E. Lindauer, 68mm, bronze, the obverse featuring a bust of the subject facing right in high relief, the reverse featuring a starboard ship-portrait of the Pourquo-Pas?, good very fine £280-£320

Charcot’s Antarctic expedition in the Pourquoi-Pas? lasted from 1909-1911. He went on to command a Q-Ship in the Royal Navy during the Great War, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Charcot lost his life on the night of 15 September 1936 when the Pourquoi-Pas? sank during a storm off Iceland.