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Silver presentation boatswain calls
Chain and medallion commemorating the Blockade of Toulon. The silver medallion has a crest of a ship's stern engraved on one side and 'BLOCKADE OF TOULON'. The reverse is inscribed: 'Presented by the Subscribers to the Fund for Gallant Conduct to Arthur Taylor Boatswain H M S Superb 21st March 1804'. The medallion has three small loops to attach the silver neck chain made with long links, and a shorter matching chain attached to the ring of the call.
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Object Details
| ID: | PLT0398.1 |
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| Type: | Boatswain's call chain |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Croswell, Henry; Croswell, Richard |
| Date made: | 1803-04; 1803-1804 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Diameter: 50 mm;Overall: 3 mm; Chain: 711 mm |
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Boatswain's call
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