Lot 3795

Description

Antarctic medals, Great Britain, Royal Geographic Society, The Scott Memorial Medal, cast copy in bronze (54mm) (BHM 4101; Eimer 1933), by F.Bowcher, obverse, bust of Captain Scott, reverse, five members of the 1910-13 expedition on skis trekking right; USA, Antarctica Service Medal with riband bar (est'd 1960 for service from 1946 on) in plastic case; USSR, 30th Anniversary of Antarctic Treaty, 1991, in bronze (65mm), obverse, two penguins, ship, aircraft, snow mobile, sheds, all in Antarctic setting, below XXX above map of Antarctic, reverse, dove of peace with NATO symbol above and around in Russian language the names of signatories to treaty, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Great Britain, Norway, New Zealand, USSR, USA, France, Chile, South Africa and Japan, with issue box. The first poor, the rest uncirculated. (3)