Baldwin & Sons
Argentum Auction Summer 2016 4 June 2016
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WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, MEDALS BY SUBJECT, Exploration, Polar, France, Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867-1936), Octagonal Bronze Memorial Medal, 1936, by P Richer and E Lindauer, bust right in high relief, rev ship, Pourquoi-Pas?, 68mm, stain on forehead, very fine; with a magazine-type "Toute L'Histoire": Commandant Charcot de l'Institut, Au Tour du Pôle – Expédition du "Pourquoi Pas?", Flammarion, Paris, c.1941(?), photographic cover, 72pp, generally good order. (2)
Charcot's Antarctic expedition in the Pourquoi-Pas? lasted from 1909-1911. He went on to command a Q-boat in the Royal Navy during the Great War, winning a Distinguished Service Cross. On the night of 15 September 1936, the Pourquoi-Pas? sank during a storm off Iceland, taking Charcot with her.
Estimate: £140-180
Charcot's Antarctic expedition in the Pourquoi-Pas? lasted from 1909-1911. He went on to command a Q-boat in the Royal Navy during the Great War, winning a Distinguished Service Cross. On the night of 15 September 1936, the Pourquoi-Pas? sank during a storm off Iceland, taking Charcot with her.
Estimate: £140-180