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 Hold maker marked with an ""I""

maker marked with an ""I"" within a diamond-shaped frame on the integral loop

it was first awarded in 1935

light wear near very fine

spots of corrosion

II Period (1914-1918)

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 Hold maker marked with an ""I""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