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EVEREST EXPEDITIONS, 1924 and 1938
Noel E.ODELL (1890-1987). - A small collection of awards made to Professor Noel Odell, in recognition of his achievements in exploration in general and on Mount Everest and Nanda Devi in particular. He was the last to see Mallory and Irvine alive during the 1924 assault on Everest, twice climbing to 27,000ft. in his efforts to find them; he made the first ascent of the Nanda Devi (25,640ft) with Bill Tilman in 1936 and returned to Everest again in 1938.
The Livingstone Gold Medal awarded by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, 1944, diameter 63mm., silver-gilt, weight 121gms., edge inscribed TO MAJOR N.E.ODELL, F.R.G.S., FOR SERVICES TO EXPLORATION IN SPITSBERGEN, CANADA, LABRADOR, GREENLAND, NANDI DEVI & MOUNT EVEREST, the obverse with the draped capped bust of Livingstone looking right, lettered David Livingstone, the reverse of an angel supporting a torch and an olive branch, flying right, above a three-masted vessel moored at an African shore, lettered Fiat Lux on a ribband above, signed Maccillivray, in fitted A.Kirkwood & Son case. Extremely fine.
A silver plaquette awarded to Odell by the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography, [n.d.], 75 x 53mm., edge stamped SILVER 1925, the obverse engraved Noel E. Odell, otherwise plain, reverse with Clio (Muse of history) leaning against a tree on a hilltop, facing left, with other figures further down the hill, watching Andree's balloon the Örnen sail off into the distance, with a small inset circle lower left containing a profile portrait bust of Andrée, lettered S.A.Andrée, with Clio (muse of history), lettered (top left) Den.11.Juli 1897 (lower right) Till .minne.af.Anfrées Strinbergs.o.Fraenkels Nordpolsfärd Af Svenska.Sällskapet för.Antropologi och.Geografi.1905, signed E.[rik] Lindberg, in fitted J.R.Gaunt & Son case. Extremely fine. Lindberg's best known commission was for the Nobel Prize medallions.
A bronze medal awarded to Odell by the University of Helsinki, [1959], diameter 70mm. Provenance: note in Odell's hand noting that the medal was "Presented by the Chancellor of the Univy., Prof Edwin Linkomier, former Prime Minister of Finland".
Provenance: Noel E. Odell (and by descent). (3)
Noel E.ODELL (1890-1987). - A small collection of awards made to Professor Noel Odell, in recognition of his achievements in exploration in general and on Mount Everest and Nanda Devi in particular. He was the last to see Mallory and Irvine alive during the 1924 assault on Everest, twice climbing to 27,000ft. in his efforts to find them; he made the first ascent of the Nanda Devi (25,640ft) with Bill Tilman in 1936 and returned to Everest again in 1938.
The Livingstone Gold Medal awarded by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, 1944, diameter 63mm., silver-gilt, weight 121gms., edge inscribed TO MAJOR N.E.ODELL, F.R.G.S., FOR SERVICES TO EXPLORATION IN SPITSBERGEN, CANADA, LABRADOR, GREENLAND, NANDI DEVI & MOUNT EVEREST, the obverse with the draped capped bust of Livingstone looking right, lettered David Livingstone, the reverse of an angel supporting a torch and an olive branch, flying right, above a three-masted vessel moored at an African shore, lettered Fiat Lux on a ribband above, signed Maccillivray, in fitted A.Kirkwood & Son case. Extremely fine.
A silver plaquette awarded to Odell by the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography, [n.d.], 75 x 53mm., edge stamped SILVER 1925, the obverse engraved Noel E. Odell, otherwise plain, reverse with Clio (Muse of history) leaning against a tree on a hilltop, facing left, with other figures further down the hill, watching Andree's balloon the Örnen sail off into the distance, with a small inset circle lower left containing a profile portrait bust of Andrée, lettered S.A.Andrée, with Clio (muse of history), lettered (top left) Den.11.Juli 1897 (lower right) Till .minne.af.Anfrées Strinbergs.o.Fraenkels Nordpolsfärd Af Svenska.Sällskapet för.Antropologi och.Geografi.1905, signed E.[rik] Lindberg, in fitted J.R.Gaunt & Son case. Extremely fine. Lindberg's best known commission was for the Nobel Prize medallions.
A bronze medal awarded to Odell by the University of Helsinki, [1959], diameter 70mm. Provenance: note in Odell's hand noting that the medal was "Presented by the Chancellor of the Univy., Prof Edwin Linkomier, former Prime Minister of Finland".
Provenance: Noel E. Odell (and by descent). (3)