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The ''Jeannette Medal'' is a Congressional Gold Medal awarded in 1890 to officers and crew of the Jeannette Expedition. Silver versions where also struck. The statute awarding the medal (51st Congress, 26 Stat. 552) promoted Chief Engineer George W. Melville one grade in rank and read: That suitable medals be struck at the United States Mint in commemoration of the perils encountered by the officers and men of the said Jeannette Arctic Expedition, and as an expression of the high esteem in which the Congress holds their services in the said expedition; and that one of the said medals be presented to each of the survivors of said expedition, and one to the heirs of each of the deceased members. 8 gold and 25 silver medals were struck, in decoration form (unusual for a Congressional Gold Medal, which are normally presented as a non-portable table medal) and distributed as follows: Gold Engineer-in-Chief Melville Naturalist Raymond L. Newcomb wife of Lt. Cdr. Long father of Lt. Chipp wife of Lt. Danenhower brother of ship's surgeon James Ambler administrator of the estate of ice pilot Dunbar brother of journalist and meteorologist Collins Silver (those reported deceased in ''italics'') James H. Bartlett ''George W. Boyd'' ''John Cole'' ''Adolph Dressler'' H.H. Erickson C.A. Gortz Nelse Iverson ''P.E. Jackson'' H.H. Kaack A.G. Kuehne John Lauterbach H.W. Leach Walter Lee F.E. Marsen W.F.C. Ninderman Louis P. Noros ''Ah Sam'' Charles Tong Sing ''Edward Star'' ''Alfred Sweetman'' H.D. Warren Henry Wilson ''Alexy'' (no first name provided) ''Aninguin'' (no first name provided) ''Shawell'' (no first name provided) It is unclear what precedence the medal took on a military uniform, though an undated photograph shows Melville wearing it in the senior position.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Undated photograph of George W. Melville by Matthew Brady )〕 ==Additional reading== (Jeannette Medal Honors Arctic Seamen ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jeannette Medal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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