United Kingdom. A 1815-1855 Arctic Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac With two picture postcards

With two picture postcards

reverse engraved with stylized swirls and the inscription "WON BY J

a tab on the front edge of the lid and when lifted up

the reverse bearing a raised female figure circumscribed by an inscription of “ROMÂNIA RECUNOSCĂTOARE” (“ROMANIA IS GRATEFUL”)

United Kingdom. A 1815-1855 Arctic Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac With two picture postcardsInstituted January 30, 1857. In silver, an octagonal medal with beaded edge, the obverse with the inscription FOR ARCTIC DISCOVERIES above a large ship surrounded by icebergs and explorers pulling a sled in the foreground with the dates 1815 1855 below, the reverse featuring the left facing portrait of Queen Victoria, surmounted by an eight point star representing the Pole Star, measures 33. 4 mm (w) x 52. 9 mm (h), the rim has been marked M18231 in