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Sold on 20 February 2019

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A Collection of Medals Relating to Aviation, the Property of a Gentleman

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Lot

№ 1467

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21 February 2019

Hammer Price:
£75

Sweden, Discovery of the Bodies of Salomon Andrée, Nils Strindberg and Knut Frænkel, 1930, a bronze medal by A. Ohlson, conjoined busts right, rev. map of Spitzbergen, Svalbard and Kvitoya with the 1897 polar expedition path highlighted, 56mm (cf. Baldwin 75, 1991). About extremely fine, rare £100-£120

Provenance: Baldwin Auction 101, 28 September 2016, lot 3831