A Norwegian silver spoon commemorating Nansen's Fram Expedition 1893-1896, with a decorated handle anda scene of the Fram in the Arctic in the bowl, the circumference of the bowl stamped 'ERINDRING OM NANSENS NORDPOLEXPEDITION'; two Norwegian silver spoons commemorating Amundsen's Polar records, both with portraits of Amundsen on the handles, one stamped 'SYDPOLEN 1911 NORDPOLEN 1926', the other 'POLFLYVYNINGEN MAI-1925' over a scene of the North Pole; together with a copper ashtray commemorating the Amundsen-Ellsworth [Nobile] trans-Polar flight, 11-13 May, 1926
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[FRIDTJOF NANSEN (1861-1930) and ROALD ENGELBREGT GRAVNING AMUNDSEN (1872-1928)]
A Norwegian silver spoon commemorating Nansen's Fram Expedition 1893-1896, with a decorated handle anda scene of the Fram in the Arctic in the bowl, the circumference of the bowl stamped 'ERINDRING OM NANSENS NORDPOLEXPEDITION'; two Norwegian silver spoons commemorating Amundsen's Polar records, both with portraits of Amundsen on the handles, one stamped 'SYDPOLEN 1911 NORDPOLEN 1926', the other 'POLFLYVYNINGEN MAI-1925' over a scene of the North Pole; together with a copper ashtray commemorating the Amundsen-Ellsworth [Nobile] trans-Polar flight, 11-13 May, 1926
the spoons 5in. (12.7cm.) long and smaller (4)
A Norwegian silver spoon commemorating Nansen's Fram Expedition 1893-1896, with a decorated handle anda scene of the Fram in the Arctic in the bowl, the circumference of the bowl stamped 'ERINDRING OM NANSENS NORDPOLEXPEDITION'; two Norwegian silver spoons commemorating Amundsen's Polar records, both with portraits of Amundsen on the handles, one stamped 'SYDPOLEN 1911 NORDPOLEN 1926', the other 'POLFLYVYNINGEN MAI-1925' over a scene of the North Pole; together with a copper ashtray commemorating the Amundsen-Ellsworth [Nobile] trans-Polar flight, 11-13 May, 1926
the spoons 5in. (12.7cm.) long and smaller (4)
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