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Counter commemorating HMS 'Calliope' and Captain H C Kane
Counter commemorating HMS 'Calliope' and Captain H.C. Kane. Obverse: Legend and inscription: 'BRITISH SEAMANSHIP AND CAPTAIN H. C. KANE OF H. M. S. CALLIOPE FROM AN ADMIRER THE MARQUIS DE LEUVILLE'. (Captain Kane got his ship out to sea in safety when the vessels of other nations were wrecked in the hurricane at Samoa.) Reverse: The Marquis de Leuville's arms supported by two griffins, a coronet above and motto below. Motto: 'FAITES'. Hole for suspension.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC1511 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Counter |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Events: | Apia cyclone, 1889 |
| Vessels: | Calliope (1884) |
| Date made: | 1889 |
| People: | Lorncourt, William Redivivus Oliver de; Kane, Henry Coey |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 30 mm |