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Medal, award   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Gillick, Ernest; George William de Saulles
Title
Medal, award
Object type Exploration
Classification: 76642
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English: Polar Medal 1902-1904 Awarded to C Reginald Ford (FRIBA FRGS) eight-sided silver medal; ornate scroll suspension; with ribbon obverse- bust of King Edward VII in naval uniform with order and medals facing left; legend around- EDWARDVS VII REX IMPERATOR reverse- image of HMS Discovery with a sledging party in the foreground Bar- ANTARCTICA 1902-1904 named on edge- ACTG SHIP'S STEWD C.R. FORD markings- obverse- lower rhs- medallist's initials GES reverse- lower lhs- EG; Ernest Gillick; sculptor
Date Edward VII (1901-1910)-House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-English reign; 1901-1904; (1904)
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length x width: 47 x 35mm
length x width: 30 x 35mm

length x width: 26 x 35mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
809194 (object number)
Place of creation United Kingdom; Antarctica
Credit line Collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, N1509
Notes Polar Medal 1904 Medal awarded to Charles Reginald Ford. Charles Reginald Ford (1880-1972) born in London joined the Royal Navy and served on several vessels. In 1901 he volunteered to serve of the Royal Geographic Society Expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott, serving as a steward and assistant to Captain Scott. He later returned to New Zealand where he married, and studied architecture. In 1923 he moved to Auckland and formed a partnership with WH Gummer (Gummer and Ford). He was a fellow of the Royal Society, and also became closely involved with the Auckland Museum, being appointed as Honorary Curator of English ceramics. Medal instituted by King Edward VII in 1904
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