United Kingdom, Turkey. A St. Jean D’Arc Medal to Vice-Admiral W.H. Haswell, Commander of the Investigator During the McClure Arctic (North West Passage) Expedition, 1850 Newly Listed (Orden Diego de Losada)

(Orden Diego de Losada)

in turn meeting a bakelite button

maker marked "LV" on the ring

Medals Awards Card and assorted research papers

but with the award very well preserved

United Kingdom, Turkey. A St. Jean D’Arc Medal to Vice-Admiral W.H. Haswell, Commander of the Investigator During the McClure Arctic (North West Passage) Expedition, 1850 Newly Listed (Orden Diego de Losada)Instituted 1840. In Silver, a round medal with obverse featuring the Arabic script The Country of Syria and the Fortress of Acre, 1256, with the tughra of Sultan Abdul Medjid on the reverse, the rim has been engraved W. H. HASWELL. TALBOT, 1840., measures 29. 7 mm in diameter, weighs 16. 1 grams including ribbon, minor wear, extremely fine. Footnote: Vice Admiral William Henry Haswell (born in Devonport, 1818) served in the Royal Navy for more than