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AAA4308

Polar Equipment and Relics

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Collection	Polar Equipment and Relics
Gallery location	Not on display
Events	Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Collinson, 1850-1855, Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, HMS Plover, 1848-1854, Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClure, 1850-1854
Vessels	Enterprise 1848 (HMS), Investigator (1848)

Object details:

Object ID	AAA4308
Description	Specimen button in gilt metal. It is dome-shaped with a shank. Obverse: 'CONE N.E. OF PT. BARROW INVESTIGATOR - AUGT 1850 ENTERPRISE - AUGT 1851. PLOVER AT PORT CLARENCE 1852. SQUADRON WITH STEAMERS SEARCHING N & W OF PARRY ISLAND 1852. DEPOTS OF PROVISIONS REFUGE INLET . PORT LEOPOLD & ADMIRALTY INLET IN BARROW STRAITS.' Reverse: 'ARCTIC EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.' See AAA4307.
Date made	1848

Credit	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
Materials	metal, gilt
Measurements	Overall: 10 mm x 35 mm
Parts	Specimen button (AAA4308)
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