A Rare ”Challenger Medal”, Auction Archive 2nd Foot) edge bruise

2nd Foot) edge bruise

1915 in Toronto

Impressed to: F-868 W- CARR

and officially sworn in on the 12th of May of the same year

A Rare ”Challenger Medal”, Auction Archive 2nd Foot) edge bruiseawarded to Dr. George Busk, a noted scientist and contemporary of Charles Darwin, who successfully nominated the latter for the Royal Society? s coveted Copley Medal. Medal for the Expedition of H. M. S. Challenger 1872 76 and the subsequent scientific reports 1886 95, Neptune, left hand holding a triangle and the right arm encircling a trident and resting on a wreath, below which, the helmeted bust of Britannia left, surrounded by dolphins and