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Maudheim medal

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Type
  
Medal

Established
  
14 November 1951

Status
  
No longer awarded

Total awarded
  
18

Eligibility
  
Members of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition.

Awarded for
  
Commemorative medal for the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition

The Maudheim medal (Maudheimmedaljen) was instituted by King Haakon VII of Norway on 14 November 1951 in honor of the members of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1949–1952, awarded to the participants of the expedition. This expedition was the first to Antarctica involving an international team of scientists. During the expedition, a base known as Maudheim was established on the Quar Ice Shelf along the coast of Queen Maud Land in February 1950. The medal itself is the same as the King's Medal of Merit in Silver with the addition of a silver buckle on the ribbon with the inscription «MAUDHEIM 1949-1952».

Contents

Norwegian citizens

  • John Schjelderup Giæver
  • Nils Roer
  • Nils Jørgen Schumacher
  • Egil Gunnar Rogstad
  • Peter Jul Melleby
  • Bjarne Lorentzen
  • Swedish citizens

  • Stig Valter Schytt
  • Gösta Hjalmar Liljequist
  • Stig Eugen Hallgren
  • Paul Ove Wilson
  • Bertil Ekström (Post Mortem)
  • British citizens

  • Gordon de Quetteville Robin
  • Charles Winthrop Molesworth Swithinbank
  • Alan Williams Reece
  • Ernest Frederik Roots
  • John Ellis Jelbart (Post Mortem)
  • Leslie Arthur Quar (Post Mortem)
  • References

    Maudheim medal Wikipedia