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Brass pinback, 3 x 2 in., featuring figures at center including a man in a coat holding a staff atop a globe, a walrus, and a bear holding an American flag, with three full-back purple glass stones surrounding the figures. Believed to have been made to commemorate Robert Peary's 1908-1909 expedition to the North Pole. Rear Admiral Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (1856-1920) was an American naval officer known best for his many expeditions to the Arctic during the late 19th-early 20th centuries, including an expedition in which he claimed to have reached the North Pole. After achieving "farthest north" records in previous journeys, Peary set out on a last expedition to the Arctic in July of 1908 with the hopes of reaching the North Pole. Together with American Matthew Henson, and four Inuit men, Peary claimed to have established "Camp Jesup" within 5 miles of the Pole on April 6, 1909. Condition: Pinback in good condition, with some soiling on obverse (mostly surrounding purple glass stones), and some spotting and discoloration on reverse.