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medal, American: lifesaving award: Massachusetts Humane Society 1791
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medal, British: Lifesaving Medal: Lloyds Medal for Services to Lloyds
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Ackermann, Rudolph
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Allan & Ferguson
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Bowcher, Frank
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Macardell, James
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Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nansen, 1893-1896
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French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797
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Christabel 1858
Far East 1863 [British]
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John Bright 1862 [British]
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Rose 1848 [British]
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Monro, Alexander
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Lloyds Medal for Saving Life at Sea 1896 (Lifesaving award)
Lloyds Medal for Meritorious Services 1900-1913 (Lifesaving award)
The Hong Kong Plague Medal 1894 (Lifesaving award)
Lloyds Medal for Services to Lloyds (Lifesaving award)
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Queen Victoria's Medal 1897 (Prize medal)
Royal Geographical Society Medal: Nansen's Arctic Exploration 1893-96 (Prize medal)
Badge commemorating the Congress of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers 1897 (Box base)
Badge commemorating the Congress of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers 1897 (Badge)
To the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company This Print of their Iron Steamship Golconda... dedicated by... Josiah Taylor (Print)
The Glasgow & Liverpool Steam Shipping Company's Steamer, Orion Built by Messrs Caird & Co., Greenock (Print)
The Iron Steamship Venus, 770 Tons, 240 Hore-power (Print)
Royal Mail Steam Ships Australian and Sidney (Print)
To the China Merchant Steam Navigation Company, This Print of their Iron Steamship John Bright, is dedicated by... Josiah Taylor (Print)
Cutter Yacht Osprey, 59 Tons, Edward Westby Nunn, Esq. (owner), Royal St. George's Yacht Club. Winner of Royal Thames Yacht Club L100 Prize, June 25th 1859... (Print)
To H.H. Kennard, Esq. this Print of his Cutter Yacht Christabel, 48 Tons, In the Start for the Royal Thames Yacht Club 1st Class Match, May 23rd 1862... built by Mr Edwin Aldous, of Brightlingsea, Essex... (Print)
To John C. Morice Esq. this print of his Cutter Yacht Marina 65 tons. In the Collision with the Prince of Wales off the Nore Lightship, in the Royal Thames Yacht Club 1st Class Match, May 23rd 1862... (Print)
To The East India and London Shipping Company (Limited) This Print of their Clipper Auxiliary Steamship Golden Fleece is dedicated by... Josiah Taylor (Print)
Steamers Neptune & Luna (Built by William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton) (Print)
John Stuart, Third Earl of Bute OB. 1792. From the Original of Ramsay, in the Collection of the Most Noble The Marquis of Bute (Print)
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