Lot 685
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Captain Cook's Second Voyage to the Pacific, 1772, the 'Resolution and Adventure' Medal, bronze, 43 mm., probably by Matthew Boulton, laureate bust of George III right, rev. view of the frigates 'Resolution' and 'Adventure', SAILED FROM ENGLAND MARCH MDCCLXXII in exergue (Betts 552; BHM.165; MH 373), contemporary, but possibly not original, brass loop for suspension and probably intended for use in presentation to natives on the voyage, about very fine, extremely rare
Captain Cook's Second Voyage to the Pacific, 1772, the 'Resolution and Adventure' Medal, bronze, 43 mm., probably by Matthew Boulton, laureate bust of George III right, rev. view of the frigates 'Resolution' and 'Adventure', SAILED FROM ENGLAND MARCH MDCCLXXII in exergue (Betts 552; BHM.165; MH 373), contemporary, but possibly not original, brass loop for suspension and probably intended for use in presentation to natives on the voyage, about very fine, extremely rare

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Captain Cook's Second Voyage to the Pacific, 1772, the 'Resolution and Adventure' Medal, bronze, 43 mm., probably by Matthew Boulton, laureate bust of George III right, rev. view of the frigates 'Resolution' and 'Adventure', SAILED FROM ENGLAND MARCH MDCCLXXII in exergue (Betts 552; BHM.165; MH 373), contemporary, but possibly not original, brass loop for suspension and probably intended for use in presentation to natives on the voyage, about very fine, extremely rare