Medal Of Merit with Bar

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• Medal was instituted on 24 July 1845.
• Medals may be issued with bars for special services especially in connection with expeditions to Greenland. The next bars was issued: DANMARKS-EKSPEDITIONEN 1906-08 (24 bars issued); ALABAMA-EKSPEDITIONEN 1909 (2 bars issued); INDLANDSISEN (2 bars issued); FOR UDMÆRKET TJENESTE (1 bar issued); FEMTE THULE-EKSPEDITION 1921-24 (14 bars issued); FLYVERTOGT TIL ØSTASIEN 1926 (4 bars issued); DANA-EKSPEDITIONEN 1928-30 (33 bars issued); SJETTE THULE-EKSPEDITION 1931 (3 bars issued); ØSTGRØNLAND 1932 (11 bars issued); SYVENDE THULE-EKSPEDITION 1932-33 (10 bars issued); SYVENDE THULE-EKSPEDITION 1932 (7 bars issued); SYVENDE THULE-EKSPEDITION 1933 (9 bars issued); FLYVERMJERKE 1934 (2 bars issued); ØSTGRØNLAND 1931-34 (47 bars issued); GRØNLAND 1928-37 (1 bar issued); SJETTE OG SYVENDE THULEEKSPEDITON 1931-32 (1 bar issued); THULE 1927-37 (1 bar issued); PEARY LAND 1938 (2 bars issued); 21. OKTOBER 1939 (2 bars issued); NORDØSTGRØNLAND 1938-39 (2 bars issued); GRØNLAND (3 bars issued); NORDØSTGRØNLANDS SLÆDEPATRULJE 1941-45 (17 bars issued); PEARY LAND 1947- 50 (35 bars issued); NORD 1952- 53 (5 bars issued); GALATHEA-EKSPEDITIONEN 1950-52 (2 bars issued) .