Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 8 20 Sep 2017
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Commemorative Medals, Exploration: Voyage of HMS Challenger, 1872-1876, and the 'Report on the Scientific Results of the Challenger Expedition, 1886-1895', large bronze medal, by William S Black and William Birnie Rhind, Neptune holds wreath around head of Britannia, rev. armoured knight by naval trident, throws down gauntlet, name inscribed on the edge, W. C. M'INTOSH, 75mm. (BHM.3487 [R2]), about extremely fine and rare
William Carmichael McIntosh, FRS, FRSE (1838-1931), was a botanist and Marine Zoologist, Professor of Natural History, St. Andrews University. He was one of the world's premier specialists invited to conduct the investigations into the expedition's finds and publish them in the the various Challenger Reports. He appears (No. 71) on Glenn Stein's 'The Challenger Medal Roll (1895)'. Only 120 medals believed issued by the Challenger office in Edinburgh. (350-450 GBP)
William Carmichael McIntosh, FRS, FRSE (1838-1931), was a botanist and Marine Zoologist, Professor of Natural History, St. Andrews University. He was one of the world's premier specialists invited to conduct the investigations into the expedition's finds and publish them in the the various Challenger Reports. He appears (No. 71) on Glenn Stein's 'The Challenger Medal Roll (1895)'. Only 120 medals believed issued by the Challenger office in Edinburgh. (350-450 GBP)