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Medals of the British navy and how they were won : with a list of those officers, who for their gallant conduct were granted honorary swords and plate by the Committee of the Patriotic Fund (1895)

Long, William H., 1840-1896 · London : Norie & Wilson · leaf 25

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ing fitted out a formidable fleet by the shipmoney extorted from his unwilling subjects, and built atWoolwich, in 1637, the Eoyal Sovereign of the Seas, thefirst three-decked ship in the Boyal Navy, he struck alarge medal, or rather a medallion, in commemoration of theevent. On the obverse is the… … dominion of the sea claimed by England. There are twovarieties of this medal, which, from its size, was never in-tended to be worn as a decoration. On the obverse of onethe King is represented in a ruff, and in the other wearing aplain falling band, with long curling hair. A much smallermedal was…

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