Polar Medals
Australia
Antarctic Medal
Great Britain
Queen Victoria Arctic Medal and Polar Medal George V Antarctic Expedition
Young Victoria Model
Polar Medal George V 1929-31 Antarctic Expedition, Polar Medal George VI 1930-39 Antarctic Expedition and Current Polar Medal Obverse and Reverse
Arctic Discoveries Medal 1818-1855
Current Polar Medal with Bars 1946 & 1950-52
Royal Geographical Society Scott Medal 1913 and Royal Scottish Geographical Society Medal
Royal Geographic Society Medal 1902-04
Germany
Germany issued an interesting commemorative medal for Roald Amundsen’s discovery of the South Pole in 1912. It can be viewed HERE
France
Louis Philippe Award
Charles X Award
French ward to Amundsen
Arctic Expedition of Philippe, Duc d'Orleans and the National Defense Medal Issued with the Geographic Clasp: TERRES AUSTRALES ET ANTARCTIQUES
Italy
General Umberto Nobile piloted the airship, Norge, which may have been the first aircraft to actually reach the North Pole in 1926, and which was indisputably the first to fly across the polar ice cap from Europe to America.
Antarctic Medal
New Zealand
Antarctic Medal
Norway
Maudheim Medal*
*The medal is the same as the King's Medal of Merit in Silver with the addition of a silver buckle on the ribbon with the inscription MAUDHEIM 1949-1952
South Pole Medal 1912 - Antarctic Medal*
*The medal is the same as the King's Medal of Merit in Silver with the addition of a silver buckle on the ribbon with the inscription ANTARKTIS
King Hakon II Medal with Bar MAUDHEIM 1949-52
South Africa
South African Antarctic Table Medal
Russian Federation/Soviet Union
Soviet Union Defense of Polar Regions
Russian Federation Defense of Polar Regions
Sweden
Norway-Britain-Sweden Antarctic Medal 1949-52
Spitzberg Air Rescue Expedition Medal - 1928, Honors the Swedish efforts to rescue the crew of the Italian Dirigible Italia, Commanded by Umberto Nobile. The rescue effort claimed the life of the famed Polar explorer Roald Amundsen
United States
Jeannette Expedition Medal, Peary Polar Medal 1906-1909 and First Byrd Expedition 1928-1930
Second Byrd Expedition 1933-1935 and US Antarctic Expedition 1939-1941
Antarctic Service Medal – Coast Guard Arctic Service Medal
USN Arctic Service Ribbon
American Geographic Society Medal – Geographic Society of Chicago Medal
Australia
Antarctic Medal
Great Britain
Queen Victoria Arctic Medal and Polar Medal George V Antarctic Expedition
Young Victoria Model
Polar Medal George V 1929-31 Antarctic Expedition, Polar Medal George VI 1930-39 Antarctic Expedition and Current Polar Medal Obverse and Reverse
Arctic Discoveries Medal 1818-1855
Current Polar Medal with Bars 1946 & 1950-52
Royal Geographical Society Scott Medal 1913 and Royal Scottish Geographical Society Medal
Royal Geographic Society Medal 1902-04
Germany
Germany issued an interesting commemorative medal for Roald Amundsen’s discovery of the South Pole in 1912. It can be viewed HERE
France
Louis Philippe Award
Charles X Award
French ward to Amundsen
Arctic Expedition of Philippe, Duc d'Orleans and the National Defense Medal Issued with the Geographic Clasp: TERRES AUSTRALES ET ANTARCTIQUES
Italy
General Umberto Nobile piloted the airship, Norge, which may have been the first aircraft to actually reach the North Pole in 1926, and which was indisputably the first to fly across the polar ice cap from Europe to America.
Antarctic Medal
New Zealand
Antarctic Medal
Norway
Maudheim Medal*
*The medal is the same as the King's Medal of Merit in Silver with the addition of a silver buckle on the ribbon with the inscription MAUDHEIM 1949-1952
South Pole Medal 1912 - Antarctic Medal*
*The medal is the same as the King's Medal of Merit in Silver with the addition of a silver buckle on the ribbon with the inscription ANTARKTIS
King Hakon II Medal with Bar MAUDHEIM 1949-52
South Africa
South African Antarctic Table Medal
Russian Federation/Soviet Union
Soviet Union Defense of Polar Regions
Russian Federation Defense of Polar Regions
Sweden
Norway-Britain-Sweden Antarctic Medal 1949-52
Spitzberg Air Rescue Expedition Medal - 1928, Honors the Swedish efforts to rescue the crew of the Italian Dirigible Italia, Commanded by Umberto Nobile. The rescue effort claimed the life of the famed Polar explorer Roald Amundsen
United States
Jeannette Expedition Medal, Peary Polar Medal 1906-1909 and First Byrd Expedition 1928-1930
Second Byrd Expedition 1933-1935 and US Antarctic Expedition 1939-1941
Antarctic Service Medal – Coast Guard Arctic Service Medal
USN Arctic Service Ribbon
American Geographic Society Medal – Geographic Society of Chicago Medal
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