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BRITISH CROSSES & MEDALS, see Key [larger version]

BRITISH CROSSES AND MEDALS.—(Coloured Frontispiece.)

1. Medal of Elizabeth. (Defeat of the Armada, 1588.)

2. Crimea Medal and Naval Clasp for Azoff (1854-6). 5. Naval Medal of Commonwealth (1650). 3. China Medal with Two Naval Clasps (1857-58).

4. Naval War Medal Ribbon (1793, 1840). 6. Conspicuous Gallantry Ribbon (1854, 1874).

7. Naval Medal of Commonwealth (Blake’s Victories over the Dutch) (1653). 8. Naval Medal of Charles II. 9. Naval Medal of Commonwealth (Blake’s Victories over the Dutch) (1653).

10. Collar of the Order of the Bath.

11. Good Conduct and Long-service Medal. 12. Baltic Medal (1854).

13. Victoria Cross with Naval Ribbon. 15. Albert Medal (Sea).

14. Badge of the Knights of the Bath (Military and Naval Division).

The Sea

Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism.

BY F. WHYMPER, AUTHOR OF “TRAVELS IN ALASKA,” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.

Cassell Petter & Galpin

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LONDON, PARIS & NEW YORK

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