Polar Medal

British award

Intangible Medallion Q1093361

Facts

7 properties

Instance of: medal, award^[3]
Inception: 1857^[4]
Country: United Kingdom^[2]
Native label: Polar Medal^[5]
Next higher rank: British campaign medals^[7]
Next lower rank: Imperial Service Order^[6]
Service ribbon image: commons.wikimedia.org

🏷️ Also known as

en Polar Medal ar الميدالية القطبية da Polarmedaljen el Πολικό Βραβείο es Medalla Polar fa مدال قطبی fr médaille arctique fr médaille polaire fr Polar Medal he מדליית הקוטב it Arctic Medal it Medaglia antartica it Medaglia artica it Medaglia polare ja 極点メダル pl Medal Arktyczny pl Medal Polarny pt Medalha Polar ru Полярная медаль uk Полярна медаль

🔖 Identifiers · 4

Image (Wikimedia Commons): POLAR MEDAL.jpg ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: topic/Polar-Medal
Freebase ID: /m/05hwzx
Topic's main category: Category:Polar Medal

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🔗 Connections

Awarded to 69

Roald Amundsen, Edmund Hillary, Robert Falcon Scott, Ernest Shackleton, Lawrence Oates, Vivian Fuchs, Ranulph Fiennes, Apsley Cherry-Garrard +61 more

Instance of 2

medal, award

Category for recipients of this award 1

Category:Recipients of the Polar Medal

Country 1

United Kingdom

Next higher rank 1

British campaign medals

Next lower rank 1

Imperial Service Order

← Category combines topics 1

Category:Recipients of the Polar Medal

← Next higher rank 1

Imperial Service Medal

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Summary

Polar Medal is a medallion^[1].

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Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Polar Medal is an instance of medallion (Q131647) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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