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armament t&e, edged weapon: sword, solid half-basket hilt(pipe-back blade)
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Arctic Exploration: Parry's first voyage, 1819-1820
Arctic Exploration: Parry's second voyage, 1821-1823
Arctic Exploration: Ross' First Voyage, 1818-1819
Edinburgh Volunteer Review, 1881
First Opium War, 1840-1842
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Camperdown, 1797
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797
Gambia Expedition, 1894
Greek War of Independence, Battle of Navarino, 1827
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801
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Adams, Carlton R.
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Nias, Joseph
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The Corporation of Trinity House
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Wemyss, Vice-Edward William Elphinstone
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Wilson-Barker, David
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