Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Kara Sea Expedition 1919, obverse: a steamship with an iceberg in the background, above and below, an outline of the Kara Sea, ‘Kara Sea Expedition, M.T.C. 1919’; reverse: inscription in raised letters, ‘Awarded to the Officers and Crew of the S.S. Baymingo, Commander R. Dowling’, 51mm. dia., 6mm. thick, silver, unnamed, nearly extremely fine £100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Prize, Training Ship, Nursing & Other Medals from the James N. Spencer Collection.

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The Kara Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, lying to the N.W. of Russia, bounded on the south by the Siberian mainland, the west by the Novaya Zemlya islands and the east by the Severnaya Zemlya islands. The ice-packed sea is only navigable during the months of August and September.