A 1913 New Zealand Long Service And Efficient Service Medal, To Constable P.j. Mccarthy Buy Now For rescuing another Antarctic explorer

For rescuing another Antarctic explorer from a crevasse in 1947

The crew was enthusiastically celebrated in New York and several German cities

bronze and silvered bronze with blue and red enamels

enamel chipping evident along the edges of the maple leaf

without any other legible markings

A 1913 New Zealand Long Service And Efficient Service Medal, To Constable P.j. Mccarthy Buy Now For rescuing another Antarctic explorerNew Zealand; (No. 891 CONST P. J. McCARTHY, N. Z. POLICE 1913). Naming is engraved. Silver, 36 mm, "22 Years Service" clasp affixed to its original ribbon with pinback, edge nicks, bruised, better than very fine. Accompanied by its 11 mm x 34 mm ribbon bar with silver star device.