1859 Dr. Elisha Kent Kane, Great Arctic Navigator Medal. By George Hampden Lovett. White Metal. Mint State. 50.5 mm. <strong>Obv:</strong> Head resting on tablet depicting ship, calving glacier, inscription DR. ELISHA KENT KANE, THE GREAT ARCTIC NAVIGATOR, U.S.N. around, signed G.H. LOVETT N.Y. below in exergue. <strong>Rev:</strong> Masonic altar and regalia, inscription NON OBIS SOLUM SED TOTO MUNDO NATI (He was not Born Only for Us but for the Whole World) above, date in Roman numerals below. This is the same reverse as Washington Baker-289.
