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. A heraldic crest in wood, painted and gilded, belonging to Admiral Sir John Duckworth (1748-1817). Description: A tower, the battlements partly demolished, from the top flames issuant proper, on the sinister side, a sea-lion erect azure, the paws pressi
circa 1801
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Coat of arms of HMS 'Conway'. Carved and silver-painted armorial shield of HMS 'Conway', school ship, on a larger, rectangular, landscape-format wooden board and placed against a stipled background. The item has lugs for wall mounting.
after 1859
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. Stall crest of the Order of the Bath belonging to Admiral Sir William Edmund Goodenough (1867-1945) who was promoted Knight Grand Cross of the Order in 1930. He would have been entitled to display his banner and crest above a stall in Henry VII's C
after 1930
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. Coat of arms of the German cruiser 'Prinz Eugen' 1938 with the carved and painted coat of arms of Savoy. It relates to the drawing of the arms of Prince Eugene of Savoy see EQA0418.
1938
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. War service plaque for RMVR 'Warwick Castle' 1931. An oblong brass plate with four screws for attachment on the reverse. It is engraved as follows: 'R.M.M.V. "WARWICK CASTLE" (20, 445 GROSS TONS). THE PREVIOUS VESSEL OF THIS NAM
1946
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. War service plaque from the British Railways ferry SS 'Amsterdam' 1950. Made of copper alloy with the enamelled house flag of British Railways at the top. It is inscribed: 'BRITISH RAILWAYS / S.S."AMSTERDAM" / IS THE THIRD SHIP
1950
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. Plaque presented to 'Dunnottar Castle' celebrating 20,000,000 tonnes of shipping calling at Las Palmas in 1953, the first time this has occured in the seventy years of the port's history. The wooden plaque is mounted with two engraved sil
1953
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. Trinity House coat of arms, cast in iron and unpainted. Arms: Argent, a plain cross gules, between four ships sable, the fore and topsails up. Crest: A demi-lion rampant, guardant, and regally crowned or, in his dexter paw a sword erect argent, hilted a
1964
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. Presentation plaque, Port of Long Beach. On a rectangular wooden backboard, a circular brass plaque. The centre of this is filled with blue resin with at the top the flag of Long Beach, inscribed 'PORT OF LONG BEACH'. Below, a gold-coloured ma
1978
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. Two plaques on a rectangular wooden mount. The top shows the port of Los Angeles with the suspension bridge in the background and 'Harbor Light' in the foreground. The lower plaque is inscribed in black: 'PORT OF LOS ANGELES' and �
1978
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