Baldwin & Sons
Auction 101 28 September 2016
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS BY SUBJECT, Exploration, Polar, France, Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867-1936), Octagonal Bronze Memorial Medal, 1936, by R Grégoire, bust almost facing, rev view of his ship Pourquoi-Pas?, seals and penguins each side, 55mm, edge stamped "METAL D". Nearly extremely fine.
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: £150-200
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: £150-200