THEM2 A FLIGHT OF BIRDS AND THE AURORA BOREALIS IN THE DISTANCE, THE RE--

VERSE IS SIMILAR~ BUT NO LAND IS SHOWN AND THE SUN IS RISING ABOVE A HORI-

ZONTAL BAR~ FROM WHICH VERTICAL BARS DESCEND~ THE SEA BEING VISIBLE IN THE

SPACES BETWEEN THESE. HOWEVER~ THE SMALLER MEDAL DEPICTS A MORE ACCURATE

COAT OF ARMS THAN THE LARGER~ ALTHOUGH THERE ARE PARTS WHICH ARE INCORPOR-

ATED IN THE NeY, COAT OF ARMS. HE DOES NOT STATE ANYTHING FURTHER~ EXCEPT

THAT BOTH ARE LISTED UNDER DR, E.K~KANE~ ARCTIC EXPLORER~ 1~0.

THUB~ ACCORDING TO THE DIMENSIONS~ NO. 619 SHOULD BE THE N.Y. MEDAL~ WHILE NO. 61~ BY TIFFANY COULD MEAN THAT IT WAS THE MEDAL GIVEN TO DR.

KANE AND THE OTHER BEING A PATTERN OR VICE VERSA. IN ANY CABE~ THERE 1B

NO QUESTION THAT IT WAS CONNECTED WITH THE ABOVE MENTIONED EXPEDITION.

THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA ALSO MENTIONS THAT CONGRESS AWARDED MEDALS

FOR THE 2NO ~RINNELL EXPEDITION~ BUT AS LOUBAT WAS PRINTED IN 1~75 AND NO

MEDALS HAD AS YET THEN BEEN PRODUCED~ I WONDER IF THEY EVER WERE. I CAN-

NOT FIND ANY DESCRIPTION IN ANY REFERENCE I HAVE~ NOR DOES THE LIST OF

GOVERNMENT BRONZE RESTRIKES LIST THEM EITHER.

NOTICE - IN A FORTHCOMING ISSUE WILL BE NOTES AND ADDITIONS TO THE ARTICLE

ON~RITISH ARCTIC AND POLAR ISSUES~t ~SY JAMES R. POWER IN THE JULY-AUGUST

ISSUE)~ BY OR. KLIETMANN FROM ADMIRALTY 8OURCEB. THE ADDITIONS WERE TOO

LENGTHY TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS ISSUE. WE ALREADY HAVE PART 1 FROM DR. KLIET-

MANN AND ARE AWAITING PART II FROM HIM. THEN BOTH PARTS WILL BE PUBLISHED

TOGETHER.

MEDALS IN THE NEWS - THE JAPANESE ORDER OF THE CHRYSANTHEMUM WITH COLLAR,

THE SUPREME JAPANESE 0RDER~ WAS PRESENTEC RECENTLY TO PRESIDENT EISENHOW-

ER BY VISITING PRINCE AKIHITO. THE GLITTERING GIFT OF GOLD AND CLOISONNE

(INLAID ENAMEL) FROM ~,IPEROR HIROHITO WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A PERSONAL MES-

SAGE. THE AWARD WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO HAVE BEEN MADE LAST JUNE~

DURING THE VISIT THAT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CALLED OFF. THIS ORDER IS USUALLY

RESERVED FOR ONLY THE MOST HONORED DOMESTIC RECIPIENTS AND TO FOREIGN

CHIEFS OF STATE. WITH THE ADDITION OF THE CDLLAR~ WHICH FORMS THE HIGH-

EST STEP IN THE ORDER~ TO THE GRAND CROSS BADGE AND STAR~ IT FORMS ANOTHER

RARE DECORATION TO BE ADDED TO THE EISENHOWER LIST OF AWARDS.

PREGID’ENT EISENHOWER~ AFTER THE LAST WARf WAS ALSO ~WARDED THE DANISH

ORDER OF THE ELEPHANT. A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE MENTIONED THIS IN CONNECTION

WITH THE GIFT OF THIS VALUABLE TROPHY TO THE EISENHOWER MUBEUM IN ASILENE~

KANSAS. USUALLY THIS ORDER MUST BE RETURNED TO THE GOVERNMENT OF DENMARK

UPON THE DEATH OF A RECIPIENT9 SO THE PRESIDENT OFFERED TO RETURN IT WHILE

HE WAS STILL LIVING~ KEEPING ONLY THE LIGHT BLUE BASH~ TO AVOID COMPLICA-

TIONS WHEN HE SHOULD DIE. IT IS SAID THAT THE DANES DELIBERATED THIS UN-

PRECEDENTED MOVE FOR 10 DAYS~ THEN SAYING THAT THEY WOULD PREFER THAT HE

KEEP THE ELEPHANT LEST THE GESTURE BE MISUNDERSTOOD. RECENT PICTURES OF

TH~ PRESIDENT DURING THE ROYAL VISIT OF KING FREDERIK IX OF DENMARK9 SHOW

THEe’SASH AND STAR OF THIS ORDER CLEARLY~ BUT WHAT IS AT THE END OF THE

SASH IB NOT DISTINCT.

ANOTHER RECENT AWARD TO THE PRESIDENT~ CAME DURING THE VISIT OF THE

KING AND ~UEEN OF SIAM~ KING BHUMIBOL AND ~UEEN ~IRIKIT. AT ~LAIR HOUBE~

THE KING PRESENTED THE PRESIDENT WITH THE THE ~OST ILLUSTRIOUS ORDER OF

THE ROYAL HOUSE OF CHAKRIj THE HIGHEST HONORARY AWARD OF THAILAND. THE

PREBIDENTIS COMMENT ON THE BEJEWELED DECORATION WAS~ ~ONE OF THE MOST

BEAUTIFUL THINGS I EVER SAWIt. LATER ON AFTER GIVING A STATE DINNER FOR THE

KING AND qUEEN~ THE PRESIDENT AWARDED THE LEGION OF W, ERIT~ CHIEF COMMANDER~

TO KING BHUMISOL~ WlT~ A CITATION CALLING HIM nA SYMBOL OF UNITY AND STEAD-

FASTNESS IN THE FREE WORLDh,

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