World Historical Medals
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Lot 1907 SESSION 8 (2.30PM WEDNESDAY 27TH JULY) World Historical Medals
Estimate $50
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NETHERLANDS, Willem Barents, (issued 1944 as 350th commemorative of the Dutch navigator's first Arctic voyage), in white metal (59mm), by Mar Rhem (Hans Rhem), obverse, bearded image of Barents 3/4 right, reverse, an event from his 1594 expedition to the Far North Arctic of two expeditioners fighting off a polar bear. Very fine.
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