Medal - Death of Jean-Baptiste Charcot

Medal - Death of Jean-Baptiste Charcot - obverseMedal - Death of Jean-Baptiste Charcot - reverse

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Features

Location France
Period Third Republic (1870-1940)
Type Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Year 1936
Composition Bronze
Weight 175.03 g
Diameter 67 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
160160

Commemorative issue

Death of Jean-Baptiste Charcot

Obverse

Bust facing right.

Lettering: J.B . CHARCOT

Engraver: Paul Richer

Reverse

The ship "Pourquoi-Pas?" in between icebergs to the right.

Lettering:
EXPÉDITIONS POLAIRES FRANÇAISES
POURQUOI PAS?
EM LINDAUER

Engraver: Edmond-Émile Lindauer

Edge

Plain with cornucopia mark and inscription.

Lettering: (corne) BRONZE

Medal - Death of Jean-Baptiste Charcot -  obverse

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Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Comments

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, and won the Distinguished Service Cross. On the night of 15 th September 1936, the Pourquoi-Pas? sank during a storm off Iceland, taking Charcot with her.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1936)  Some sources state the medal was struck in 1938

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