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<p>[QUOTE="illini420, post: 1287603, member: 19423"]That was my first guess when I saw them in the dealer's case... but nope, not Antartica.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yep. But actually it's Iceland, and a topographical map of the sea floor around Iceland. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/topomapo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/topomapr.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>These medals (silver & bronze) were issued in 1978 and have something to do with fishing limits protection in Iceland and apparently the 30th anniversary. The silver medal is sterling silver and weights about 3.2 ounces. The bronze medal is about 2.5 ounces. The medals have matching serial numbers 228/750 for the silver and 228/3000 for the bronze and they come in a case w/ certificate of authenticity that I can't read since it's not in English. I believe the medals were made in Finland. In any event, I thought they looked pretty neat.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="illini420, post: 1287603, member: 19423"]That was my first guess when I saw them in the dealer's case... but nope, not Antartica. Yep. But actually it's Iceland, and a topographical map of the sea floor around Iceland. [IMG]http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/topomapo.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/topomapr.jpg[/IMG] These medals (silver & bronze) were issued in 1978 and have something to do with fishing limits protection in Iceland and apparently the 30th anniversary. The silver medal is sterling silver and weights about 3.2 ounces. The bronze medal is about 2.5 ounces. The medals have matching serial numbers 228/750 for the silver and 228/3000 for the bronze and they come in a case w/ certificate of authenticity that I can't read since it's not in English. I believe the medals were made in Finland. In any event, I thought they looked pretty neat.[/QUOTE]
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