Arctic Medal 1818-55 Archive Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers

Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers

In addition to the above two Colonial Auxiliary Force awards and the New Zealand Volunteer Service Medal (awarded in 1903)

Suffering an accident causing injuries to his head and abdomen at Brokenhurst Camp on 13 June 1890

(Circa June 1936-May 1945)

with star clasp

Arctic Medal 1818-55 Archive Colonial Auxiliary Forces OfficersEngraved in italic capitals (Robert Silvers 1823). Mounted on original ribbon. Soldered repair at the top of the suspension star and swivel (which is thereby fixed solid), otherwise good very fine. ROBERT SILVERS served as Boatswain aboard the Griper under Commander Douglas Clavering. The 1823 expedition to Spitzbergen and Eastern Greenland involved magnetic experiments and observations, a landing on Pendulum Island and exploration as far north as