Orders, Decorations & Medals - Other Properties - Aus
Lot 3697 SESSION 13 (2.30PM THURSDAY 2ND APRIL) Orders, Decorations & Medals - Other Properties - Aust.
Estimate $3,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $4,500
POLAR MEDAL, (EIIR), in silver, - clasp - Antarctic 1971. J.O.Cruise. Engraved. Swing mounted, nearly uncirculated.
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 44 (lot 1039).
PM clasp Antarctic 1971: LG 1/3/1974; AGG 26/2/1974, to John Oliver Cruise.
Only 7 Antarctic 1971 clasps to Australians.
J.O.Cruise was a miner who wintered with the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition 1971 as a geologist at Mawson Station. During his service he sank a 45ft deep shaft in solid granite gneiss and excavated an additional 4,000 cu ft of rock to provide vaults for cosmic ray and seismic observatories. He also participated in expeditions to the Prince Charles Mountains and over sea ice in mid-winter.
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